Tribunal Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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 1                           Tuesday, 27 April 2010

 2                           [Open session]

 3                           [The accused entered court]

 4                           --- Upon commencing at 9.03 a.m.

 5             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Good morning to everybody in the courtroom.

 6             Could the witness be brought in, please.

 7                           [The witness takes the stand]

 8             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Good morning, Mr. Blaszczyk.  I hope that was the

 9     right pronunciation.  Please sit down.

10             I would like to remind you that the affirmation to tell the truth

11     still applies, and Mr. Thayer has some questions for you, I suppose.

12             MR. THAYER:  Thank you, Mr. President, and good morning to you

13     and Judge Nyambe.

14             General Tolimir, Mr. Gajic, good morning, everyone.

15                           WITNESS:  TOMASZ BLASZCZYK [Resumed]

16                           Examination by Mr. Thayer: [Continued]

17        Q.   Good morning again, sir.

18        A.   Good morning.

19        Q.   I just wanted to follow-up on a couple of things you said

20     yesterday.  I was just going over the transcript last night.  At

21     transcript page 1411, line 4, you described the physical collection of

22     these documents, the pick-up of these documents, if you will, from

23     Gornji Milanovac in Serbia.  And the transcript, and I'll just quote from

24     the transcript, says:

25             "And it happened, it happened on the night of December 2004,"

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 1     that this commission went to Gornji Milanovac.  I just want to ask you,

 2     did you mean to say the night of December 2004 or something else?

 3        A.   No, I meant December 9th, the day.

 4        Q.   Okay, 9 of December.

 5        A.   Yes.

 6        Q.   All right.  When you travelled to Zagreb on 17 December, what was

 7     your assignment at that time, sir?

 8        A.   At that time I received task to review -- to make initial

 9     assessment of the collection, of the papers.  What is in -- whether this

10     is archive of Main Staff or Drina Corps or another unit.

11        Q.   Okay.  And you mentioned yesterday that this process of entering

12     the massive collection by the OTP evidence unit involved assigning ERNs

13     and MIF-ing, I think you said, and then ultimately placing it on the

14     system, to use your term.  Can you please explain to the Trial Chamber

15     what you meant when you referred to placing these documents on the system

16     so that everybody could have access to them, as you said before.

17        A.   It means that documents after receiving ERN numbers, stamped by

18     ERN numbers, our evidence registration number, were scanned and put in

19     our database.  We call it Zyfind.  Having these documents in Zyfind, the

20     documents are available for everybody who has, of course, access to the

21     Zyfind, to this database.

22        Q.   And does everybody include not just members of the OTP, but

23     members of Defence teams and other authorised folks who represent the

24     accused in these cases?

25        A.   I believe if -- yes, if somebody has access or is authorised to

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 1     have access to this database, yes, has access also to these documents.

 2        Q.   And have you also heard of the term "EDS"?

 3        A.   Yes.  This is Evidence Disclosed System, and I believe Defence --

 4     for sure Defence has access to this system.

 5        Q.   And again, is that another form of a database or document

 6     retrieval system?

 7        A.   Yeah, this is another form of database.

 8        Q.   And to your knowledge, was the Drina Corps collection ultimately

 9     available on this EDS?

10        A.   Yes, it was.

11        Q.   I'd like to take you back a little bit and ask you some questions

12     about how the collection actually came into being in the first place, not

13     how it arrived at Gornji Milanovac, but how these actual documents were

14     put together to form what we refer to as the Drina Corps collection.  Can

15     you share with the Trial Chamber what you've learned through the course

16     of your investigation about how that happened, please.

17        A.   In fact, the first information about the collection, how the

18     documents of the Drina Corps were collected, we received from the witness

19     statement, the statement of Nebojsa Vucetic, I think -- Vukovic [sic],

20     sorry, and he told first to the representative of RS in his statement,

21     later on to our investigator, that the collection was -- the papers from

22     Drina Corps units were collected between -- at the end of -- at the

23     beginning of 1996 year until April 1996.  Later on, the papers were kept

24     first at Vlasenica command post and in April 1996 were sent to Bijeljina

25     Corps, to the 3rd Corps in Bijeljina, and where the collection was kept

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 1     there for one year.

 2             In May 1997, the collection was again transported from

 3     Bijeljina -- from Bijeljina to Sokolac to the premises of the 5th Corps

 4     of VRS.  And according to this witness, on the order of the Chief of

 5     Staff of 5th Corps, at that time Colonel Svetozar Andric, the collection

 6     was transported or transferred to Mali Zvornik in Serbia.  It was April

 7     1998.  According to this witness it was end of April/beginning of May

 8     1998.

 9        Q.   Okay.  Let me just stop you right there if I could, sir.  The

10     Trial Chamber's obviously heard references to the Drina Corps and the

11     Drina Corps's subordinate units, the various brigades.  You just referred

12     to the 5th Corps.  What is the 5th Corps?

13        A.   This is, after the war the VRS was reorganised and the 5th Corps

14     was created after the war.  I believe it was 1997, I think, but I am not

15     sure 100 per cent.  But definitely it was after the Dayton Agreement

16     after 1996.

17        Q.   So after the Dayton Agreement at some point, what happened to the

18     Drina Corps itself?

19        A.   The Drina Corps was first kept at the command post, as I told, in

20     Vlasenica, then transferred to Bijeljina, and then again transferred, but

21     not to Vlasenica but to the headquarters of the -- to Sokolac.  And

22     after -- from Sokolac to Mali Zvornik in Serbia.  And in some point,

23     probably about between April 1998 or let's say about spring 1999, the

24     collection was taken somewhere from Mali Zvornik and finally was found

25     again in Gornji Milanovac in Serbia.

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 1        Q.   Okay.  A couple of things.  First is, we need to pause a little

 2     bit more, I think, between our question and answer because we're speaking

 3     the same language.

 4             Second, the question I asked actually was not what happened to

 5     the Drina Corps collection, but what happened to the Drina Corps as a

 6     military unit after the Dayton Agreement.

 7        A.   After the Dayton Agreement, Drina Corps was disbanded, and at

 8     that place was created 5th Corps.

 9        Q.   So you told us that in -- sometime in the -- in April of 1998,

10     the decision was taken by General Andric to move the Drina Corps

11     collection from the Republika Srpska across the river to Serbia.  Can you

12     share with the Trial Chamber whether you know from your investigation or

13     learned from your investigation why that decision was taken.  Did

14     something happen prior to April of 1998 to cause General Andric to make

15     that decision to move these documents?

16        A.   At the beginning of 1998, in exactly March 1998, the OTP with

17     support of NATO troops in Bosnia, made a search in various locations,

18     in -- it was location in Zvornik Brigade at that time and in Bratunac.

19     And for sure the people who are responsible for archive, they knew that

20     sooner or later we were going to search also in other locations, looking

21     for the documents from this period, from war period, especially we are --

22     I mean, Srebrenica team was interested at that time about documents from

23     summer 1995.

24        Q.   Okay.  What I'd like to do is you've mentioned a couple of

25     locations and just briefly and with Madam Usher's assistance if we can

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 1     use the ELMO, I want to show you a cut-out from a map.  We had thought we

 2     could use e-court and one of our map-book maps from e-court, but the

 3     resolution simply isn't sufficient.  So I've just made a black-and-white

 4     photocopy of a portion of P104, and it's from map 1 of P104, the

 5     Times Map of the Western Balkans.  And I just ask you to -- once we get

 6     this up on the ELMO, sir, and I'll give you a green highlighter.  If you

 7     would, please, just circle Zvornik and you mentioned Mali Zvornik.  And

 8     if you could just indicate where these locations are and if there's any

 9     borders.

10        A.   I should mark it on the screen or --

11        Q.   Just on the ELMO version would be better, but that's --

12             MR. THAYER:  If we can turn that a little bit so we can all read

13     it, please.  And can we get a little bit better focus on that.  Other

14     way, please.  No.  Other way, sorry.  A little bit more.  A little bit

15     more.  Zoom out, I think, a little bit -- other way, please.  Oh, sorry,

16     yeah, zoom in.  If we can get the -- okay.

17        Q.   Now, sir, if you can just move that map a little bit around so we

18     can see these couple locations on the -- on the screen, that would be

19     helpful.  And if you can just start with Mali Zvornik.

20        A.   Sorry, Mali Zvornik is located across the river, not far from

21     Zvornik, just a few kilometres from Zvornik.  I will mark here and

22     encircle this place.

23        Q.   And, sir, if you could just move your microphone a little closer

24     to your face there.  Thanks.

25        A.   I circled Mali Zvornik and Zvornik area, but as I said,

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 1     Mali Zvornik is located across the river in the Serbian territory, but

 2     Zvornik is still in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

 3        Q.   Okay.  And just for the record, what river is that that we see

 4     separating those two?

 5        A.   This is Drina River.

 6        Q.   Okay.  And if you could circle Gornji Milanovac, please.

 7        A.   This place is called Gornji Milanovac, is located south of

 8     Belgrade about 100, 120, 30 kilometres from Belgrade itself.

 9        Q.   And based on your investigation, the Drina Corps collection, was

10     it recovered actually in the town of Gornji Milanovac or some other

11     location?

12        A.   It was recovered, in fact, in the premises of the Army of Serbia

13     and Montenegro at that time.  It was placed -- located very near

14     Gornji Milanovac, in the barracks of the army.

15        Q.   Okay.

16        A.   I believe the name of the village was Klaticevo, but --

17        Q.   Okay.  We'll look at some documents and -- but in any event, how

18     close is that village to Gornji Milanovac, for all intents and purposes?

19        A.   I would say this is one of the suburbs of Milanovac,

20     Gornji Milanovac.

21        Q.   Thank you, sir.  I think that we're done with that exhibit, and

22     perhaps we can -- if we --

23             MR. THAYER:  Would Madam Usher just furnish it to Mr. Gajic and

24     General Tolimir and then hand it up to the Trial Chamber.  I think it

25     might have been a little bit difficult to see on the ELMO, and then in

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 1     the meantime we'll continue.

 2             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Thayer, are you tendering this?

 3             MR. THAYER:  Yes, Mr. President.  We would, upon review by the

 4     Defence, tender that cut-out from P104.

 5             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  It will be received.

 6             THE REGISTRAR:  As Exhibit P00120.  Thank you, Your Honours.

 7             MR. THAYER:

 8        Q.   Okay, sir.  Just a couple more questions and then we'll go

 9     through a stack of documents that I have here for you.  How many pages

10     approximately is the Drina Corps collection?

11        A.   The Drina Corps collection consists of about 315.000 pages, plus

12     including -- including, of course, about 360 maps and approximately

13     3.500 photographs.

14        Q.   And, sir, the transcript reflects that you said 315.000 pages, is

15     that the correct number or is it another number?

16        A.   I think this is correct number, because I look at the range of

17     ERN numbers.  If we're counting the range, it could be about

18     315.000 pages.

19        Q.   Okay.  Now, during the course of your investigation has the

20     authenticity of this collection been established to you; and if so, how

21     has that been done?

22        A.   Yes.  We did it through -- mostly through the witnesses.  We

23     showed few documents from this collection, some of the documents from

24     this collection, to our witnesses, various witnesses.  They recognised

25     the handwritings, the signatures which were put on the papers, particular

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 1     documents, and also from the statements of the witness -- of the people

 2     who testified also in the previous trial.  And I can say that this has

 3     been established also through our handwriting expert, because few of the

 4     documents from this collection were sent to our handwriting expert to

 5     make the analysis of that one, to make a report.  We got this report, I

 6     believe it was 2008, and it was confirmed that the signatures on the

 7     documents are authentic.

 8        Q.   And during the course of your investigation, sir, have you been

 9     able to identify other copies of documents which were found in the

10     Drina Corps collection?

11        A.   Yes, we managed to have another copies of some documents from

12     Drina Corps collection.  We found these copies also in other collection,

13     like, for example, the VRS Main Staff archive in Banja Luka.  I think it

14     was 2008 or 2006.  And we got some copies from our witnesses, one of our

15     witness, it was -- yeah, it was the man who was accused by the Tribunal.

16     And we -- as far as I remember, we got also few copies of Drina Corps

17     documents from the Defence of General Krstic during his trial.

18        Q.   And what can you tell the Trial Chamber based, again, on your

19     investigation about how complete the Drina Corps collection is or is not?

20        A.   I am pretty sure we are calling it Drina Corps collection, but I

21     am pretty sure that the collection is not complete because if we look at

22     the sequence order of few documents, the serial number of the particular

23     documents, it's visible that a lot of documents are not in this

24     collection.  If we are referring, for example, to security documents and

25     intelligence documents, it's a lot of gaps between the series.

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 1        Q.   And did you find gaps in the series from other organs as well

 2     within the Drina Corps and other units?

 3        A.   Yes, of course.  It's not only in regards to the security and

 4     intelligence documents, but also to operational documents, to logistic

 5     documents, and other documents.

 6        Q.   And were you able to determine whether any particular date

 7     ranges, for example, were missing from the collection?

 8        A.   I'm sure that the most significant period where -- I was

 9     interested, of course, in Srebrenica events, the most significant period

10     where the documents are missing, where we cannot find anything about

11     particular events and we see the gaps between the documents, it was

12     July 1995 and later July, August, and September till October 1995.

13        Q.   And to your knowledge, before this Drina Corps collection was

14     removed from Gornji Milanovac in 2004, who had access to the Drina Corps

15     collection while, for example, it was in Mali Zvornik?

16        A.   We know that the Defence of -- probably Defence of General Krstic

17     had access to this collection when it was probably collect -- placed in

18     Mali Zvornik -- sorry, in Mali Zvornik.  And also from one of the

19     witnesses who testified in this Tribunal, we know that General Miletic

20     had also access to this collection.  And this witness who testified in

21     the previous trial, but I think he was protected witness, he testified

22     that he got access to the collection as well.  According to this witness,

23     General Miletic was in Mali Zvornik in the spring 1998.

24        Q.   Okay.  And just so there's no mystery about it, if we may go into

25     private session, Mr. President, for just a moment.

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17                           [Open session]

18             THE REGISTRAR:  Your Honours, we're back in open session.  Thank

19     you.

20             MR. THAYER:

21        Q.   Sir, for the remainder of the examination, let's go through some

22     documents.  The first one I'd like to show you is 65 ter 2034, please.

23        A.   Sorry, but I have no broadcast of --

24        Q.   It's -- there it is.

25        A.   Okay.

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 1        Q.   Okay.  What we have here is a document dated the

 2     8th of December, 2004, from the Republika Srpska Ministry of Defence, a

 3     decision, and it refers to a commission being appointed.  What is this

 4     commission, sir, that's referred to here?

 5        A.   This is commission appointed for taking over and handing over the

 6     archive material the Army of Republika Srpska located in Serbia, in

 7     Montenegro.

 8        Q.   Okay.  And these gentlemen by the surnames of Matic, Radisic, and

 9     Sisic, who are they members of?

10        A.   They were members of this commission appointed by the Minister of

11     Defence, Milovan Stankovic.  They were appointed as the members of the

12     commission, but Colonel Mirko Matic became the president of this

13     commission.  And they were responsible for taking over and handing over

14     the archive material.

15        Q.   Okay.  Are they army or are they MUP?

16        A.   They are army.

17        Q.   And again, sir, the court reporter asked us this morning before

18     we started if you could -- if there could be more of a pause between our

19     question and answer.

20        A.   I apologise.

21        Q.   Thanks.  And I'll do my best, too.

22             And we're done with that document.

23             MR. THAYER:  If we could take a look at 65 ter 2036, please.

24        Q.   Sir, we have here a decision dated the 8th of December, 2004,

25     again from the Republika Srpska Ministry of Defence.  Can you just tell

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 1     us what this decision concerns.

 2        A.   This is decision of approval of the official trip for the

 3     president of the commission, Mirko Matic, lieutenant-colonel.  Approval

 4     for the trip to abroad, you know, to just collect this documentation.

 5        Q.   And what does it say about when this trip is supposed to happen?

 6        A.   Decision was issued on the 8th of December, 2004, but the

 7     official trip should take place on the 9th -- 9 of December, 2004.

 8        Q.   Okay.

 9             MR. THAYER:  May we have 65 ter 2035, please.

10        Q.   Sir, we have here a document headed "General Staff of the Army of

11     Republika Srpska," dated 8 December 2004.  First I just have a question

12     for you, if you know.  The Trial Chamber has certainly heard many

13     references to the Main Staff of the VRS.  And here, in 2004, we see a

14     reference to the General Staff.  Can you just explain the difference, if

15     you know.

16        A.   In fact, this is difference between the name, but I think that

17     general -- the Main Staff of VRS, the name has been changed --

18        Q.   And do you --

19        A.   -- sometime after -- I don't know, it was after the Dayton

20     Agreement or after August 1995.

21        Q.   Okay.  Now, can you just tell the Trial Chamber what this

22     document is about, please, sir.

23        A.   This is more or less the same contents of the previous -- as the

24     previous document.  This is order for official trip for the -- issued for

25     the members of the commissions -- for the three members of the

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 1     commission.  And it's saying here that the commission, the people listed

 2     in this order, should travel to Belgrade on 9 December 2004 to execute

 3     the task.  And this order is signed by the Chief of General Staff of the

 4     Army of Republika Srpska.

 5        Q.   Okay.  And I would just note, sir, that you said it was signed by

 6     the Chief of the General Staff.  If we're looking at the original version

 7     in Cyrillic --

 8        A.   Yes, I am looking at the original version.

 9        Q.   Okay.  Because we have a translation here that says "head of the

10     Main Staff," but that Cyrillic word is the word for "chief"; is that

11     correct?  That's the correct term, not "head"?

12        A.   I would translate it as a chief.

13        Q.   Okay.  Thank you, sir.

14             MR. THAYER:  Now, may we have 2037, please.

15        Q.   Here we have a -- what's headed as a record, and on the top half

16     it's dated the 8th of December, 2004, and it's generated by the

17     General Staff of the VRS.  Can you tell the Trial Chamber what this

18     document is about, please.

19        A.   This is kind of the receipt prepared by General Staff by -- of

20     the Army of Republika Srpska.  And this receipt, in fact, was prepared on

21     the 8th of December, 2004, but if we look at the original, we see that it

22     has been signed on the 9th of December, 2004.  This is a receipt of the

23     receiving of the archive material, which was located in the village of

24     Klaticevo, it is a village located very near to Gornji Milanovac.  And we

25     see in the bottom of this original document the signature of

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 1     Dragan Brcan, who was a member of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro who

 2     handed over the archive material to the commission.  And we have the

 3     names and signatures of the members of the commission, Mirko Matic,

 4     Dragan Radisic, and Miljan Sisic.

 5        Q.   And there's a reference to 16 crates; is that correct?

 6        A.   Yes, this is a reference to the 16 cases of the archive

 7     materials.

 8        Q.   Okay.

 9             MR. THAYER:  May we have --

10             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  May I --

11             MR. THAYER:  Certainly, Mr. President.

12             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  -- ask a question.  I didn't understand your

13     comment about the date, that in the original there's some reference to

14     the 9th of December, 2004.  I don't see that.  Could you explain that a

15     little bit further.

16             THE WITNESS:  Yes, this is -- as I said, this document was

17     prepared the day before, on the 8th of December, 2004, but I believe

18     next, just above the signature of Dragan Brcan, is the date,

19     9 of December, 2004.  It means that the archive was collected on the

20     9th of December, 2004.  In fact, this document, without signature, of

21     course, has been prepared the day before the material was collected or

22     handed over.

23             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  And below the headline I see the date of

24     8th December 2004.  Thank you very much.

25             Please carry on, Mr. Thayer.

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 1             MR. THAYER:  Thank you, Mr. President.

 2             May we have 65 ter 2031, please.

 3             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Before this will be removed, Mr. Tolimir wants to

 4     raise something.

 5             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you, Mr. President.  Peace to

 6     this house and to everybody following this trial; may God help you all.

 7             I wanted to say something about the record.  If you look at the

 8     heading of the document, in the Serbian version we can see the year 2000,

 9     and in the record it says 2004.  Could that mistake or that error be

10     removed.  Thank you.

11             MR. THAYER:  Well, Mr. President, I think the document speaks for

12     itself, and I think we should just leave it at that.

13             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir, I think this is just an omission to

14     put a number 4 to it.  It's not 2000 but 200 and then there is a gap, if

15     you look at that.  But you may deal with this during cross-examination.

16             Please carry on, Mr. Thayer.

17             MR. THAYER:  Thank you, Mr. President.

18             May we have 65 ter 2031 on e-court, please.

19        Q.   Sir, we -- we're looking at a document and it appears,

20     unfortunately, we don't have a translation of this document.  Let me just

21     double-check.  I'll just take you through some of the pages and keep the

22     information pretty simple, so I think that will help matters a little

23     bit.  If we look at this first page here, there's a name in -- well,

24     first of all, please tell us what this is.

25        A.   This is declaration of receipt of the materials.  This

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 1     declaration was prepared by our investigator on the -- from the Sarajevo

 2     field office, in fact, from the Banja Luka field office.  His name is

 3     Finn Tollefsen.  He's saying that he received 16 sealed and padlocked

 4     boxes from Mr. Dragi Milosevic, who was at that time the head of police

 5     administration, I believe, criminal police administration of

 6     Republika Srpska.  And --

 7        Q.   And -- sorry, go ahead.

 8        A.   And the material, the 16 sealed and padlocked boxes were received

 9     by Finn Tollefsen on the 13th December 2004.  And we have signature of

10     Dragi Milosevic and I believe this is handwriting of Finn Tollefsen.

11        Q.   Okay.  And when you say we have the signature of Dragi Milosevic,

12     can you tell the Trial Chamber who that person is, please.

13        A.   As I told, he was the head of police -- criminal administration

14     of the police of Republika Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

15        Q.   And when you say "police," is it fair to say we can also refer to

16     him as MUP?

17        A.   Yes, we can refer to him as member of the Ministry of Interior

18     defence, a MUP member.

19        Q.   And this, basically, two-day operation by the RS authorities to

20     recover these documents from Serbia, can that be described as a

21     co-operative operation between the RS MUP and the RS army; is that fair

22     to say?

23        A.   Yes, this is fair to say according to our information and the

24     information that we received from Ministry of Defence of -- and Ministry

25     of Interior of Republika Srpska.  It was joint operation.  In fact, the

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 1     members of Ministry of Defence, they received information where their

 2     archive is stored, when they're supposed to take this archive, but

 3     members of the Ministry of Interior, they facilitated the travel of this

 4     documentation or transport of this documentation to Bosnia from

 5     Gornji Milanovac.

 6        Q.   Okay.  And again, I'll try to keep the questions a little

 7     simpler, bearing in mind we only have the English version here.  If we

 8     look at the very bottom of the document, in the handwritten portion, we

 9     see the initials "EOD" --

10        A.   Yes.

11        Q.   -- after the reference to the 16 boxes.  What's "EOD," sir?

12        A.   Finn refers here to Explosive Ordnance Devices team.  It was not

13     NATO team or EUFOR team at that time who checked all the boxes for the

14     possible explosives placed in these boxes.

15        Q.   And then we see a reference to the boxes being repacked into

16     24 other boxes.  Can you just tell the Trial Chamber what that's about,

17     please.

18        A.   Yes, this is correct.  Finn Tollefsen mentioned here that the

19     contents of 16 boxes were repacked into 24 cardboard boxes, but I would

20     say that this is not fully correct because in the meantime, on the

21     14th of December, 2004, Finn received also from Dragi Milosevic, from the

22     members of MUP of Republika Srpska, another box containing the

23     audio-tapes and videotapes seized by the Republika Srpska MUP in other

24     operation.  But this -- the contents of these boxes, audio-tapes and

25     videotapes, has nothing to do with this Drina Corps collection.  But also

Page 1432

 1     I see Finn here also repacked this box to -- we can count, together with

 2     the 16 boxes with Drina Corps collection, into 24 cardboard boxes.

 3        Q.   Okay.  Let's turn to the next page, if we could, of this

 4     document.

 5             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Could -- is it perhaps possible for a better

 6     understanding for the accused that the handwriting -- handwritten part at

 7     the bottom of this page could be read out in English so that we have a

 8     translation.

 9             MR. THAYER:  Certainly, Mr. President.

10        Q.   Sir, if you would comply with His Honour's request, please.

11        A.   "The 16 boxes were EOD'd on the 15th/16th December 2004 and

12     thereafter re-packed into 24 cardboard boxes."

13             "Banja Luka 16 December 2006," the name of Finn Tollefsen,

14     investigator.

15             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Are you sure that this is 2006?

16             THE WITNESS:  Sorry, no, this is -- in fact, this is

17     16 December 2000 --

18             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Something.

19             THE WITNESS:  200, in fact.  This is not clear here.  This is

20     copy of the document, I think it could be the copy or --

21             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  I think in the second line at the beginning, we

22     have a reference to 2004.

23             THE WITNESS:  Yes, yes.  You're correct, Your Honour.

24             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you.

25             Please carry on.

Page 1433

 1             MR. THAYER:  Thank you, Mr. President.

 2             If we may just turn to the next page, please.

 3        Q.   And if you would, sir, and to pick up on His Honour's direction,

 4     if you would just read what this is and perhaps just that first line

 5     there into the record and just tell us what this document is.

 6        A.   This is statement of enclosure, and it's written here:

 7             "I, hereby, certify that I received one sealed diplomatic

 8     bags/container from ICTY Banja Luka."

 9        Q.   And -- sorry, go ahead.

10        A.   And is receiving pouch officer Thomas E. Osorio is head of

11     UN ICTY Liaison Office in Zagreb, Croatia, his signature and date,

12     17 December 2004, 1630 hours.

13        Q.   And if we look down on the second lower half of the document,

14     there's some remarks and it indicates that on 17 December 2004, the

15     Zagreb Liaison Office received 24 cardboard boxes and that they were then

16     inspected and repacked into 57 boxes.  Can you just tell the

17     Trial Chamber what that's all about.

18        A.   Yes, when the boxes arrived to the Zagreb field office on the

19     17th December 2004, I was present at Zagreb field office at that time.  I

20     already arrived to the Zagreb, and we decided to repack these boxes into

21     27 -- into smaller boxes, in fact, because the boxes used to transport

22     for the documents were too heavy and were parting apart -- just was

23     falling apart.  And during these two days, 17, 18, and I believe it was

24     19, we -- I checked personally the contents, roughly, the contents of the

25     documents of the boxes, and we repacked these 24 cardboard boxes which

Page 1434

 1     arrived from the ICTY field office in Banja Luka, including the box

 2     containing the tapes and audiotapes from other operation.  And we

 3     repacked the contents of these 24 cardboard boxes to another boxes,

 4     27 boxes, which includes two boxes containing the tapes and audiotapes

 5     seized by Republika Srpska MUP in other operation.

 6        Q.   Okay.  Again, sir, just so the record is clear, you said they

 7     were repacked into 27 boxes.  Is that the correct number or is it a

 8     different number?

 9        A.   No, this is 27 -- 57, sorry, I meant 57 boxes.

10        Q.   Okay.  If we may just turn the page quickly and we'll be done

11     with this document shortly.  Can you just tell the Trial Chamber what

12     this document is, please, and we won't need to dwell too long on it.

13        A.   This is kind of table we prepared during the repacking the

14     contents of the -- during the repacking the boxes which arrived from

15     Banja Luka field office into new 20 -- 57 boxes -- 55 boxes, in fact.

16        Q.   Okay.  And that's what I just wanted to ask you about.  We have

17     at the top here, you see a reference to 23 big cardboard boxes and you

18     just talked about 24 boxes.  Can you account for the difference, please.

19        A.   Yes, because I'm referring here to the boxes containing the

20     documents from the Drina Corps collection.  I didn't count the box of

21     audiotapes and videotapes seized by Republika Srpska MUP in different --

22     totally different operation.

23        Q.   And if we just turn the page one more, please.  We see the

24     number 55 in the middle of the page.  What does that refer to?

25        A.   This is referred to the boxes, "55 kutije."  I think, B/C/S this

Page 1435

 1     is "box" or "case."

 2        Q.   Okay.

 3             MR. THAYER:  And if we may have the next page, please.  And you

 4     know what, we can just skip this particular page and if we could have the

 5     last page, please.

 6        Q.   What is this document, sir?

 7        A.   This is a packing list.  In this packing list we have -- we have

 8     description what was in transport which was provided from the Zagreb

 9     field office to The Hague.  And here we have description of "evidence

10     documents from Banja Luka" and "evidence tapes from Banja Luka."  And we

11     see here that it was 55, number 55, which means 55 boxes, and number

12     56/57 means boxes containing evidence tapes from Banja Luka.

13        Q.   Okay.

14             MR. THAYER:  May we have 65 ter 2033, please.

15        Q.   We have a photograph here.  What is it, sir, and who took it, if

16     you know.

17        A.   Yes.  This photograph was taken by my colleague from the field

18     office from Banja Luka, by Finn Tollefsen, in describe -- depicting here

19     one of the boxes seized or received in Gornji Milanovac.  And the

20     documents which probably were in this box, this crate.

21        Q.   And were you there while this photograph was taken, sir?

22        A.   No.  This photograph was taken in Banja -- in our Banja Luka

23     field office, but I was not present.  But later on we received the CD

24     containing about 30 photographs from Finn Tollefsen.

25        Q.   Okay.

Page 1436

 1             MR. THAYER:  And if we may have 65 ter 2032, please.

 2        Q.   And again, same three questions:  What is it and who took it and

 3     were you there?

 4        A.   Yeah, this is one of the photos taken by Finn Tollefsen in

 5     Banja Luka field office, and we see here one of the boxes used for

 6     transporting of the documents.  And -- yes.

 7        Q.   Okay.  And were you there?

 8        A.   No, I was not present there.

 9        Q.   Okay.  Let's take a look at some of the documents which were

10     generated by the Republika Srpska and by the Serbian government in 2004

11     and 2005 in connection with this operation.

12             MR. THAYER:  And if we may start with 2029, please.

13        Q.   What we have here is a Republika Srpska MUP document dated

14     20 December 2004.  And it's directed to the ICTY OTP office in

15     Banja Luka, the subject being the VRS Main Staff archives.  And again,

16     first of all there's a reference here to the Main Staff archives.

17             Did your investigation disclose whether this collection was a

18     Main Staff archive or some other archive?

19        A.   If we look at the contents of the documents seized at that time

20     and after analysis of these documents, we see that this is not Main Staff

21     collection, this is Drina Corps collection and documents regarding the

22     units subordinated to the Drina Corps.

23        Q.   And just focusing on the first paragraph of this document,

24     there's a reference here, and I quote:

25             "... the Republika Srpska minister of interior, through his

Page 1437

 1     previous official contacts with the SMN Ministry of Defence and the head

 2     of the General Staff of SMN army, initiated and intensified delivery of

 3     mentioned archives ..."

 4             And it refers up above to the VRS Main Staff and Drina Corps

 5     archives.  First of all, what's "SMN" stand for, those three initials?

 6        A.   It means Serbia and Montenegro army.

 7        Q.   Okay.  And there's a reference here, as I just quoted, to

 8     "previous official contacts."  What did your investigation disclose or

 9     learn about these previous official contacts?

10        A.   We know from the -- from a few documents we received later on

11     from RS that the Ministry of Interior, delegation of the Ministry of

12     Interior had a few meetings in Serbia.  I think it was October 2004.  And

13     during the meetings one of the subject of the, let's say, talks with

14     authorities of Serbia, it was the archive who possibly can be located on

15     the territory of Serbia at that time.  The meeting took place, I think,

16     in Belgrade, and it was meeting between representative -- between

17     Ministry of Interior, members of the Ministry of Interior of

18     Republika Srpska and Ministry of Defence of Serbia and I think between

19     also the people from the Main Staff of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro

20     at that time.  And during this meeting in October 2004 has been decided

21     that if there is any archive exists on the territory of Serbia, it should

22     be returned to Bosnia, to the Ministry of Defence of Republika Srpska in

23     Bosnia-Herzegovina.

24        Q.   Okay.  And if we just flip to, for example, page 3 of the

25     English, and that's also page 3 of the original Cyrillic, we see a lot of

Page 1438

 1     black, redaction.  Can you just tell the Trial Chamber what that's about,

 2     please.

 3        A.   Yes, we redacted this part of these documents because this part

 4     had nothing -- is not related to the archive but is related to another

 5     operation conducted by MUP and I believe by -- yes, mostly by MUP and, as

 6     far as I remember, also by SFOR troops in co-operation with MUP in

 7     relation to another operation.

 8        Q.   Okay.

 9             THE INTERPRETER:  The speakers are kindly requested to slow down

10     and pause between question and answer.  Thank you.

11             THE WITNESS:  I apologise.

12             MR. THAYER:

13        Q.   Okay, sir.  I'll try to slow down and pause.

14             MR. THAYER:  If we may have 65 ter 2030, please.

15        Q.   Okay.  We have another MUP document, this one dated

16     10 January 2005, this time from the crime -- translated here as crime

17     police administration.  Can you just tell the Trial Chamber what this

18     document generally speaking is, please.

19        A.   This document described the way how -- how Republika Srpska

20     authorities located and transported and received the Drina -- the

21     archive -- the war-time archive and transported this archive to

22     Banja Luka.  They referring to the archive handed over to them on the

23     9th of -- on the 9 of December, 2004.

24        Q.   Okay, and in general, does this cover the same information as the

25     document we just looked at?

Page 1439

 1        A.   Yes, this cover the same information we looked before.

 2        Q.   Okay.

 3             MR. THAYER:  Let's just flip to the last page, page 4 of the

 4     English, please, and that is page 3 of the Cyrillic version.

 5        Q.   In the larger paragraph in the middle of this page there's a

 6     reference to "... MUP members received this information from

 7     representatives of the Ministry of Defence through their negotiation and

 8     collaboration channels, the said representatives had made it possible for

 9     the archives to be loaded and driven out of the barracks."

10             What does this reference to "negotiation and collaboration

11     channels" and "information" refer to, sir?

12        A.   This information refers to the information I already -- to

13     information -- or to the events I already talk a few minutes before,

14     about the meeting which took place in October 2005 -- 2004, sorry, in

15     Belgrade.  The meeting which took place -- the people who were at the

16     meeting were the members of the Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska,

17     Ministry of Defence of Serbia and Montenegro, and members of the Army of

18     the Main Staff of the Army of Montenegro -- Serbia and Montenegro.  And

19     during this meeting there was discussion about the archive, but more

20     detailed information was received by the members of Ministry of Defence

21     of Republika Srpska from the Ministry of Defence and Army of Serbia.  The

22     information whereabouts of the archive and they received the information

23     when and where exactly these archives should be collected by the

24     commission appointed by the Ministry of Defence of Republika Srpska.

25        Q.   Okay.  And is it -- is it fair to say then that there had been

Page 1440

 1     information received prior to this meeting in October of 2004 through

 2     these channels?  Is that how it works, sir, and that information was then

 3     brought up at this meeting?  Or was the information disclosed for the

 4     first time in the meeting, if you know?

 5        A.   I don't know that.  I don't know.

 6        Q.   Okay.

 7             MR. THAYER:  Let's look at 65 ter 5427, please.

 8        Q.   We have here, sir, a document dated 7 of March, 2005, and it's

 9     headed at the top "The Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, office number 2

10     for co-operation with the ICTY in The Hague."  And it's -- this cover

11     letter is signed by Trivun Jovicic.  Who was he, sir?

12        A.   He was the ICTY liaison officer.  He works for, of course, for

13     the Government of Republika Srpska, and he's liaison officer with ICTY.

14        Q.   And this is enclosing a letter - and we'll just turn the page,

15     please, to the next page - and this is dated -- a letter dated

16     3 March 2005.  Can you tell the Trial Chamber what this document is,

17     please.

18        A.   This is response for our RFA.  We asked authorities of

19     Republika Srpska some information regarding the collection itself, it

20     means how, when, and who participated in the movement of this collection

21     first from Bosnia to Mali Zvornik, then to Gornji Milanovac, and also who

22     collected -- who participated -- I believe, who participated of -- how

23     the collection was returned to Bosnia again.

24        Q.   Sir, and you referred to an RFA.  What is an RFA?

25        A.   This is Request For Assistance.  Any time if you would like to

Page 1441

 1     get any information from any of the governments or some institutions, we

 2     are preparing the request for the assistance.  And in this request we are

 3     asking them to undertake the certain action or asking them for certain

 4     information.

 5        Q.   And on this document we have a reference to another case, the

 6     Prosecutor versus Slobodan Milosevic.  And what's that about, sir?

 7        A.   Yes.  I see from the initials that this RFA had been prepared by

 8     one of my colleagues who worked at that time for Milosevic case, and in

 9     fact, this collection -- the documents from this collection were used not

10     only by Srebrenica teams but also by other teams.

11             MR. THAYER:  Now, if we can go to page 3 of the English, please,

12     and that will be pages -- the bottom of page 2 of the B/C/S and then

13     continue on into page 3 - I'm sorry - of the Cyrillic.  We see in this

14     response -- I'll just wait until we get page 2 of the Cyrillic up.  And

15     at the bottom of -- yeah, the bottom of that page, going up to page 3 of

16     the Cyrillic.

17        Q.   We have references here to information and findings by the

18     RS Ministry of Defence and the references to the archives being

19     transported in the spring of 1998.  And we see here a reference to the

20     transport and hand-over of the archived material, again this is referring

21     to the spring of 1998, was done by Sergeant Nebojsa Vukicevic.

22             Who was that person, sir?

23        A.   This person was the member of the Army of Republika Srpska.  He

24     was responsible for the archive.  He is the person -- I referred to this

25     person some time ago when I talked about the information we received

Page 1442

 1     regarding the whereabouts of this archive between 1996 and 1998.

 2        Q.   And we see further down that there's a reference to

 3     Lieutenant-Colonel Dragan Obrenovic.  And what does he have to do with

 4     this operation, according to the information that you received?

 5        A.   According to information I received, and there were two sources,

 6     in fact, they were information from Dragan [sic] Vukicevic and another

 7     information from the protected witness which was -- which name was

 8     mentioned in private session, that the archive, the first half

 9     spring 1998, was transported to Zvornik and to Mali Zvornik -- and then

10     to Mali Zvornik and was located in the facilities of Army of Serbia and

11     Montenegro.  And he says that was led -- in this document it says that

12     the transportation was led personally by the commander of the

13     503rd Motorised Brigade, Colonel Dragan Obrenovic.  But we know from the

14     protected witness that Dragan Obrenovic, in fact, facilitated the

15     transport of this archive, in fact, the passage of this archive through

16     the border.  Because, as we know, Mali Zvornik is located in Serbia,

17     across the river, Drina river, from Zvornik.  He facilitated the passage

18     of this archive, the bus, the truck who arrived with the archive,

19     together with -- escorted by Sergeant Nebojsa Vukicevic and -- yes, and

20     he helped them to pass the border and to facilitate them to locate this

21     archive in Mali Zvornik.  And from my -- our investigation we know that

22     Nebojsa Vukicevic was assisted also by Dragan Savic.  He was assistant

23     commander for the security of the 503rd Motorised Brigade.

24        Q.   And, sir, we've -- you've just mentioned the 503rd Motorised

25     Brigade.  Can you tell the Trial Chamber what relationship, if any, there

Page 1443

 1     is between the Zvornik Brigade and the 503rd Motorised Brigade.

 2             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Before you do that, I would like to take you back

 3     to page 28 of the transcript, line 15.  You mentioned the name

 4     Dragan Vukicevic.  Are you sure that you combined the first and the

 5     second name correctly?

 6             THE WITNESS:  No, of course, I meant Nebojsa Vukicevic.

 7             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you very much.

 8             THE WITNESS:  Sorry, may I have a transcript on my --

 9             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  It disappeared from the screen.

10             MR. THAYER:  Thank you, Mr. President.  I think that --

11             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  That it's clarified now.

12             MR. THAYER:  Yeah.  Thank you, sir.

13             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Do you recall the question of Mr. Thayer?

14             THE WITNESS:  Could you repeat the question, please.

15             MR. THAYER:

16        Q.   Sure.  What is the relationship, if any, between the

17     Zvornik Brigade and the 503rd Motorised Brigade?

18        A.   After reconstructing the Army of Republika Srpska, the

19     Zvornik Brigade was disbanded and in this place was created

20     503rd Motorised Brigade.

21        Q.   And when approximately would this have happened?

22        A.   I believe it happened after the Dayton Agreement, in 1996.

23        Q.   Okay.

24             MR. THAYER:  If we may turn the page in English to page 4, and I

25     think we can stay on page 3 of -- or, yeah, page 3 of the Cyrillic.

Page 1444

 1        Q.   We see the top three paragraphs here and they refer to a meeting

 2     on 15 October 2004, to a meeting in Belgrade.  And what is this about,

 3     sir?

 4        A.   This is about the meeting I referred before when -- meeting

 5     between Ministry of Interior delegation of Republika Srpska, regarding

 6     the meetings with representative of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro and

 7     representative of the Ministry of Interior of Republic of Serbia.  In

 8     this meeting, as we see here in this document, was discussed also the

 9     issue about archive.

10        Q.   Okay.

11             MR. THAYER:  We're done with that document.  May we see

12     65 ter 6220, please.

13             And if we could go to page 2 of the English.  We can stay where

14     we are on the Cyrillic, but if we could just go to page 2 so we can see

15     where the -- what the source of this document is in the English

16     translation.

17             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  I'm afraid it's not the same page in Cyrillic and

18     in English.

19             MR. THAYER:  You're absolutely right, Mr. President.  If we could

20     have the second page of the Cyrillic, please, and that will have -- that

21     will bear the date.

22        Q.   This -- can you just tell the Trial Chamber, please, what this

23     document is.

24        A.   This is also response for our RFA, but we directed this RFA to

25     the Government of Serbia and Montenegro, with the same question regarding

Page 1445

 1     the Drina Corps archive, how, when, who participated in the movement of

 2     this archive from Bosnia to Serbia and Montenegro, what was the reason,

 3     these type of the questions.

 4        Q.   And in general, how did this response correspond or not with the

 5     response that the OTP received from the authorities in the

 6     Republika Srpska?

 7        A.   The information -- yeah, this is -- if we look at information we

 8     receive of -- from Republika Srpska, it more or less the same

 9     information, that the archive was transferred from Bosnia and Herzegovina

10     to Mali Zvornik in April 1998.  And in fact, according to this

11     information we received from authorities of Serbia and Montenegro, it was

12     done without knowledge of the supervising officers of these particular

13     units.

14        Q.   And when you say "units," you mean units of Republika Srpska or

15     units of Serbia and Montenegro, sir?

16        A.   I mean units of Serbia and Montenegro army.

17        Q.   And just one last question on this document.  If we look at the

18     very top of the English, there's a reference again to a meeting on

19     15 October 2004.  Is that the same meeting that's -- that you've been

20     talking about and that we've seen - and I'll try to slow down,

21     sorry - and that we've seen in some of the other documents, sir?

22        A.   Yes, this is the same meeting I referred before and also the same

23     meeting which was described in the document received from

24     Republika Srpska.

25        Q.   Now, you referred in your earlier testimony to a statement being

Page 1446

 1     provided by this individual by the name of Nebojsa Vukicevic.  Again, to

 2     whom did he give his statement, sir?

 3        A.   He -- Nebojsa Vukicevic, he gave a statement to the commission

 4     created by the army -- by authorities of Republika Srpska,

 5     Bosnia-Herzegovina, but also one of our investigators met

 6     Nebojsa Vukicevic in some stage.  During this meeting he had confirmed

 7     his statement given to the authorities of Republika Srpska regarding the

 8     archive, movement of the archive.

 9             MR. THAYER:  And if we may have 65 ter 2158, please.

10        Q.   What is this, sir?

11        A.   This is statement of Nebojsa Vukicevic I referred before -- to

12     which I referred before.  It was given to the authorities -- to the

13     commission of Republika Srpska.  And also in this statement he describing

14     the movement of Drina Corps archive between the period of 1996 up to

15     1998.

16             MR. THAYER:  If we may go to page 2 of the English, please, and

17     page 2 of the Cyrillic as well.

18        Q.   There's a reference here to General Krstic on April 7th of --

19     well, General Krstic ordering the removal of certain documents which was

20     carried out on the 7th of April, 1996.

21             What do you know about this, sir?

22        A.   This -- I -- sorry.  I know, according to this statement we

23     received this information also through -- from Nebojsa Vukicevic, that

24     General Krstic took out few documents from the collection, from

25     Drina Corps collection.  It was documents of the Krivaja 95 and document

Page 1447

 1     with the code-names Spreca 95.  This is operation regarding Srebrenica.

 2        Q.   Now, I think you referred earlier in your testimony to members of

 3     the Krstic Defence team having access to the archives, if my memory

 4     serves.  You referred at some point to that.  Is that what this is

 5     referring to or is that a different occasion when people had access to

 6     the archives?

 7             THE INTERPRETER:  Could Mr. Tolimir's microphone be turned off,

 8     please.

 9             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir, could you please switch off your

10     microphone.  Thank you.

11             MR. THAYER:

12        Q.   I'll repeat the question.  This reference here to documents being

13     removed upon General Krstic's order in April of 1996, is that the same

14     occasion that you referred to earlier, I believe, with respect to members

15     of General Krstic's Defence team having access to the Drina Corps or is

16     it different?

17        A.   I refer to different documents.  I saw different documents.

18        Q.   Okay.

19             MR. THAYER:  Let's look at one more document before the break,

20     please, 65 ter 2170.

21        Q.   I think we only have an English version of this document,

22     unfortunately, but I'll just ask you a general question about it.  What

23     is this, sir?

24        A.   This is receipt of the material we received from the Defence of

25     General Radislav Krstic.  The receipt was issued on the

Page 1448

 1     19th February 2000, and in this receipt we have listed documents which --

 2     in fact, copy of the documents which we received -- I mean, OTP received

 3     from the Defence of General Radislav Krstic.

 4        Q.   Okay.  And when we come back from the break, I'll ask you some

 5     follow-up questions about that document, sir.

 6             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Thayer, you have shown us a series of

 7     documents.  I just would like to know if you are tendering them.

 8             MR. THAYER:  Yes, Mr. President.  I thought I'd save that until

 9     the end of the exercise and then just race through them.

10             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Okay.  Thank you very much.

11             We must have our first break now.  We adjourn and resume at

12     11.00.

13                           --- Recess taken at 10.31 a.m.

14                           --- On resuming at 11.01 a.m.

15             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Yes, Mr. Thayer, please carry on.

16             MR. THAYER:  Thank you, Mr. President.

17             I don't know if we still have 2170 up on the screen.  If not, can

18     we have 2170, please.

19        Q.   Before the break, sir, you told us that this is a receipt for

20     documents that were given to the OTP by the Krstic Defence team.  What I

21     want to do is show you copies of some of the documents, just three

22     actually, that are listed on this receipt.  And the first one I want to

23     show you is the document at number 4, and I'll just read it into the

24     record.  It says that it's a Main Staff VRS, order number 03/4-1670 from

25     17 July 1995.

Page 1449

 1             MR. THAYER:  And what I'd like to do and ask the assistance of

 2     the court staff in this is show two B/C/S originals side by side in

 3     e-court.  We don't need the English translations because I won't be going

 4     into the substance of the documents.  I merely want to be able to show

 5     the witness different copies of the same document which we have in

 6     e-court.

 7             So if we could have 65 ter 778 and 65 ter 2173 side by side in

 8     e-court, please.

 9        Q.   Okay.  We see here we have two documents bearing the report

10     number or strictly confidential number, as it's translated, 03/4-1670,

11     that's the report number that we just saw on the receipt.  Can you tell

12     the Trial Chamber, please, without going into what the substance of these

13     documents are, just can you tell them about what the source of either of

14     these documents is.

15        A.   The contents of these documents -- in fact, this is one original

16     and another copy of the original of this document.  But looking at the

17     ERN number of the documents on my screen, on the right side, starting

18     with 0425, I see this is document from the Drina Corps collection, the

19     document on the right side from my screen.  And I believe this is the

20     original.  And that one on the left side, it should be copy of the

21     document from the right side.

22        Q.   And how can you tell by looking at the ERN that this is a

23     document from the Drina Corps?

24        A.   Because I know, I am aware, about the range of Drina Corps

25     collection.  The range started from our number, Evidence Registration

Page 1450

 1     Number, from 0425, 00, onwards.  We should keep in mind that there were

 2     about 315.000 pages.

 3        Q.   Okay.  And you just told us that you believe that the Drina Corps

 4     document on the right is the original and that the one on the left which

 5     is --

 6             MR. THAYER:  And if we can just scroll down a little bit on the

 7     one on the left, please, I think there should be an ERN at the top.  I'm

 8     sorry, scroll the other way.

 9        Q.   The one on the left bearing ERN 00917857, what was the source of

10     this document, sir, this copy of the original?

11        A.   I seen description of this document on the previous evidence

12     document under the point 4.

13        Q.   Okay.

14        A.   And I believe this is document -- the copy of the document we

15     received from Krstic Defence.  But here regarding the document from

16     Drina Corps collection, of course, I am -- right now I am guessing that

17     this is original document but I am pretty sure.  But I think it is quite

18     easy to check it, just getting this document out from evidence vault.

19        Q.   Okay.  And when you say "original document," what do you mean,

20     sir?

21        A.   I mean document prepared by the men or people who just issued

22     this document or just prepared this document, and it was done on the time

23     when document was prepared was done.

24        Q.   Okay.  So by what you just said, does the Drina Corps collection

25     then also include some copies of documents as well as originals of

Page 1451

 1     documents?

 2        A.   In this collection there are so many pages that it's possible

 3     that there were copies also.

 4        Q.   Okay.  And when you say "copies," are you referring to

 5     photocopies or different versions of the same document that were received

 6     by other units who were receiving or who had -- who had been the

 7     recipients of -- let me just stop and start over again.

 8             When you say "copies," sir, do you mean photocopies or multiple

 9     copies of the same document which were distributed to numerous

10     recipients, or both, or something else?  If you could explain, please.

11        A.   I mean both version.  It could be that photocopies but also the

12     multiple copies of the same documents which was sent or resent to various

13     units of the Drina Corps.

14        Q.   Okay.  And I think we may see some examples of that shortly.

15             MR. THAYER:  Let's look at and do the same side-by-side

16     comparison, please, with 65 ter numbers 2172 and 2171, please.  Okay.

17     Thank you for blowing that up.

18        Q.   We have here two documents which bear the strictly confidential

19     number 04/156-9.

20             Can you tell us anything about the source of these two documents?

21        A.   As we see on the screen, the document on the right side with

22     ERN number stamp on this document 04367235, this is the range of the

23     Drina Corps collection.  And this is -- I believe this is original

24     document.  And the document on the left side of the screen, this is copy

25     of the same document we have on the right side.  I saw previously the

Page 1452

 1     ERN number.  I believe this is also document -- I mean, the copy of that

 2     document we received from Krstic Defence.

 3        Q.   And just for the record, the document on the left bears

 4     ERN 00917861.

 5             MR. THAYER:  Let's do the same exercise with just one more set of

 6     documents.  If we may have 65 ter 2174 and 1982 side by side, please.

 7        Q.   We have here two documents which bear the strictly confidential

 8     numbers of 03/156-11.

 9             What can you tell us about the sources of these documents, sir?

10        A.   The same, but right now the document on the left side of my

11     screen with ERN number 04312743, this is Drina Corps collection document,

12     and I believe this is original.  And on the right side this is the copy

13     of the document from Drina Corps collection, the same document but the

14     copy, having ERN 00917878 or 9, I don't see clearly.

15        Q.   Okay.  If we just go to page 2 of 65 ter 1982, we'll see what the

16     ERN is there.  And we see that page 2 bears the ERN of 00917879.  And

17     again, sir, just to move things along, this version, was this one of the

18     documents that was provided to the OTP by the Krstic Defence?

19        A.   Yes, yes.  I believe this is document -- the copy of the document

20     provided to OTP by Krstic Defence.

21        Q.   Okay.  We're done talking about the documents that appeared on

22     that receipt from the Krstic Defence.  Let's look at some other examples

23     of some other documents.

24             MR. THAYER:  May we have 65 ter 2023 on the screen, please, and

25     4047B, side by side.

Page 1453

 1        Q.   Okay.  We have two documents, both bearing the strictly

 2     confidential number 04-520-54/95.  And we can see that both documents

 3     have the first four numbers 0425 as part of their ERN.

 4             What can you tell us about these documents, sir?

 5        A.   I can tell that both documents are coming from the same

 6     collection, from Drina Corps collection, looking at the ERN numbers of

 7     these documents.  And I can say that the document from the left side, at

 8     least that one, was in the possession of Rogatica Brigade because on the

 9     top right corner of this document I see the signature of Ziza.  Ziza,

10     this is communication officer from Rogatica Brigade.  We interview him

11     and he recognised his handwriting of this document.

12        Q.   And that may -- well, I believe that that is written in Cyrillic,

13     so if you could just identify where on the document that is.  Is it right

14     underneath the number, sir?

15        A.   Yeah, it's just underneath the number.

16        Q.   And what's the number?

17        A.   In Cyrillic.  1726.

18        Q.   Okay.  And if we look at the document on the right, 65 ter 4047B,

19     is there a stamp on the lower right-hand corner and what does that stamp

20     signify, sir?

21        A.   This is the stamp of the command of 5th Mixed Artillery "Puk," I

22     think.  In B/C/S, of course.  This is information that this document was

23     received on the 15th July 1995.

24        Q.   And that would be received by that unit that you just referred

25     to; is that correct, sir?

Page 1454

 1        A.   Yes, it is correct.

 2        Q.   Okay.

 3             MR. THAYER:  Let's look at two more documents with the same

 4     strictly confidential number, the same, those are 65 ter 4047C and 65 ter

 5     125, please.

 6        Q.   Now, we see a stamp on the document on the right, and it's at the

 7     bottom left-hand corner of 65 ter 125.  Can you tell us about that stamp,

 8     please.  Can you read it or do you need it blown up?

 9        A.   Would it be possible, please?

10             MR. THAYER:  If we could blow up, there's a stamp at the far left

11     corner.  Perfect.  Thank you.

12             THE WITNESS:  Okay.  This is a stamp of the command of the

13     Zvornik Light Infantry Brigade, saying us that this document had been

14     received by the Zvornik Brigade on the 14th of July, 1995.

15             MR. THAYER:

16        Q.   Okay.  Now, let's just take a look at the typesetting on these

17     two documents.  It appears, for example, on the document on the left,

18     4047C, we have almost everything in capitals, and then on the right we

19     have almost everything in small-case letters.  Can you just explain and

20     account for why the same document has different -- different lettering or

21     casing or appearance even though it's the same document.

22        A.   It's visible that this document was sent to various units,

23     including the command of the Zvornik Brigade, and probably

24     Zvornik Brigade they had different type of machine that they received

25     this document.  It was typed in this way.  But on the left side we see --

Page 1455

 1     I don't know which unit received this document, but also type -- yeah,

 2     this is visible that they were different type of teleprinter or other

 3     machine used to receive these dispatches.

 4        Q.   Okay.  And --

 5             MR. THAYER:  Yes, Your Honour.

 6             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Judge Nyambe.

 7             JUDGE NYAMBE:  Are you -- for the witness.  My question is for

 8     the witness.

 9             Are these two documents one a copy of the other?

10             THE WITNESS:  I believe, Your Honour, that this is multiple copy.

11     It's not exactly copy, but this is document sent from Main Staff -- or

12     sent from the 1st Podrinje Brigade to various units.  The first was

13     Zvornik Brigade, another one was -- I don't know which one.

14             JUDGE NYAMBE:  Okay.  Thank you.

15             MR. THAYER:

16        Q.   And --

17        A.   Or -- may I, Your Honour?

18             JUDGE NYAMBE:  Yes.

19             THE WITNESS:  But it's possible that this document, because I

20     don't see the stamp at the bottom of this document, was typed in the

21     Zvornik -- or in the Podrinje Brigade.

22             MR. THAYER:

23        Q.   Okay.

24        A.   And then resent to the various units of the Drina Corps units.

25             MR. THAYER:  And let me just follow-up on Judge Nyambe's question

Page 1456

 1     if I could and we will have other more technical witnesses who will be

 2     able to explain this whole process.

 3        Q.   But, sir, just basically, can you explain how documents are

 4     transmitted from one unit, say a subordinate unit, out to the -- I'm

 5     sorry, a superior unit out to the subordinate units and how that would

 6     explain different copies of the same documents having a slightly

 7     different appearance even though it's the same document.  If you can just

 8     explain, based on your knowledge, how that works and why we see the same

 9     document looking a little different when it's received by other units.

10        A.   Transferring documents to the various units, it could be done in

11     various ways, in fact.  It could be done through the telephone, through

12     the secure line, and this is why -- for example, the documents is

13     dictated on the phone to the operator in other unit who's supposed to

14     receive this document, and operator is typing out the contents of the

15     document.  The recipient also can receive document on the teleprinter,

16     which is used by this particular unit.  It's more or less the same.  And

17     this is why we have various type of letters in these documents.

18        Q.   So if a communications officer in the Zvornik Brigade is

19     receiving the same document that somebody in the Vlasenica Brigade might

20     be receiving, they'll look different because their respective machines

21     that are typing these things out for them as they're coming in might just

22     have different type-face settings or something like that.  Is that fair

23     to say?

24        A.   Yes, yes, exactly.

25        Q.   Now, how were these -- well, let me just ask it this way.  Were

Page 1457

 1     there, to your knowledge, means or mechanisms by which these

 2     communications were encoded or encrypted?  And I don't want to get into

 3     an in-depth analysis because we'll have other people, but just can you

 4     tell the Trial Chamber whether that was done; and if you know, just

 5     basically how that was done.

 6        A.   Some messages can be encrypted, of course, but if -- in this way

 7     that another unit should have the device, with encrypted device, in fact,

 8     who could decrypt the receiving document.

 9        Q.   And to your knowledge, in July, for example, of 1995, did various

10     VRS units also have just basic fax capability as well?

11        A.   Yes, they have the basic fax capability as well and they have

12     also communication line, I mean telephone line.  They may use these

13     communication telephone lines.  It could be civilian lines or it could be

14     military lines.

15        Q.   Okay.  Let's move through some other examples, sir.

16             MR. THAYER:  May we have 65 ter 182 and 4046B, Bravo, side by

17     side, please.

18        Q.   Okay.  We have two documents, each bearing the strictly

19     confidential number 04-520-53/95.

20             What can you tell us about these two documents, sir, and their

21     sources?

22        A.   These two documents are coming from the same collection, from

23     Drina Corps collection, looking at their ERN numbers.  And also I notice

24     on the document on the left side with ERN number 04258575, the initials

25     of Ziza, the communication officer from Rogatica Brigade.

Page 1458

 1        Q.   And again, just to move things along, that's underneath the

 2     number 1726; is that correct?

 3        A.   I don't see the number now.

 4        Q.   Oh, I'm sorry.

 5             MR. THAYER:  We need to scroll down a little bit on the other --

 6     on the document on the left, please.  On the document on the left we need

 7     to just scroll down a little bit.

 8             THE WITNESS:  Yes, correct, this is under the number 1726.

 9             MR. THAYER:

10        Q.   Okay.  Now, I'd like to direct your attention to the lower

11     right-hand corners of each of these documents, and just generally, what

12     do you see there?  What does that in your experience -- what do those

13     markings represent?

14        A.   Which one?

15        Q.   On both.  We see -- we see handwriting and numbers on the lower

16     right-hand corners of both documents, and what are those?

17        A.   The handwritings we see on the -- this document on the right side

18     with ERN number 04258627, we see that this document was received by

19     particular unit on the 14 July 1995.  I think at 2035 hours and the

20     number of the document.  And signature of the person who received this

21     document.  On the left corner in the bottom, we have initials of the man

22     who prepared, who typed out, this document I believe, it's D.ZZ.  I think

23     it could be initials of this communication officer from the

24     Rogatica Brigade, Desimir Zizovic.  They called him Ziza.

25        Q.   Okay.

Page 1459

 1             MR. THAYER:  May we see 65 ter number 180 side by side with

 2     65 ter 4043B, please.  And we have two documents bearing strictly

 3     confidential number 04-520-52.

 4        Q.   What can you tell us about the sources of these two documents?

 5             MR. THAYER:  And if we can scroll down just a little bit on the

 6     one on the right, please, so we can catch the ERN at the top.  Thank you.

 7             THE WITNESS:  Okay.  I see from ERN number that this is -- that

 8     these two documents are coming from different sources.  The first one,

 9     that one on the left side with ERN number 04258572, comes from Drina

10     Corps collection.  The one on the right on my screen with ERN 05296337, I

11     think that this document comes from Banja Luka VRS archive collection.

12     And also looking at the first document with the initials of Ziza and on

13     the top right corner of this document and initials on the bottom on the

14     left D.ZZ., I believe this document was prepared by Desimir Zizovic from

15     Rogatica Brigade and was sent from Rogatica Brigade to various units of

16     Drina Corps.  And looking at the document on the right side of my screen

17     with ERN number 05296337, I don't see clearly the stamp here, but if I --

18             MR. THAYER:  If we can scroll up just a little.  I don't know if

19     there's any more information on that.

20             THE WITNESS:  I don't see clearly which unit received this

21     document, but it's visible that it was received from the 14th July,

22     approximately about 1600 hours.

23             MR. THAYER:

24        Q.   Okay.

25             MR. THAYER:  Let's look at 65 ter 2025 and 4048B side by side.  I

Page 1460

 1     think everybody will be happy to know we're coming towards the end of

 2     this particular exercise.  Just a couple more examples.  Okay.

 3             We have two documents bearing strictly confidential numbers

 4     04-520-55/95.

 5        Q.   What can you tell us about these two documents?

 6        A.   These two documents were sent -- I mean that they are coming from

 7     the same collection, from Drina Corps collection.  And I see the document

 8     from the left side -- I would say that it would be document prepared by

 9     teleprinter operator in Rogatica Brigade and sent from Rogatica Brigade

10     to other units of Drina Corps -- I mean, it was directed to the sector

11     for intelligence and security, Main Staff, and Drina Corps, and IKM of

12     Drina Corps.  And the commander of -- command of the 65th Protection

13     Regiment.  And also, on the top right corner, I see the initials or

14     signature of Ziza, the communications officer from the Rogatica Brigade.

15     Under the -- these initials are in Cyrillic under the number 1729.

16        Q.   Okay.  I'm sorry, go ahead.

17        A.   And we see that the same document was received by another unit,

18     but I cannot recognise by which one.  I cannot recognise the signature.

19     But I am talking about document with ERN number 04258628.  It was

20     received by this unit on the 14th July 1995 at 2045.

21        Q.   Now, just to pick up on what you said a moment ago, sir, let's

22     look at the upper left-hand corner of either of these documents, and we

23     see the words "KOMANDA 1. PLP BR."

24             What does that stand for?  What does that mean?

25        A.   This is the command of the 1st Podrinje Light Infantry Brigade,

Page 1461

 1     it's Rogatica Brigade.

 2        Q.   Okay.  And when we see this heading with the name of the brigade

 3     and then the strictly confidential number underneath and then the date

 4     underneath that, we see "dana" and then the date of 14 July 1995, when we

 5     see that heading, what does that tell us about what the source of this

 6     document is?  What does that tell us about who is sending the document?

 7     And if that question didn't make any sense to you, sir, and I can

 8     understand if it didn't, I'll rephrase it.

 9        A.   Yes, please --

10        Q.   Okay.

11        A.   And you are referring to "dana."  I don't see this.

12        Q.   Okay.  Let's look at the document on the left, 65 ter 2025, with

13     the ERN 04258576.  You told us a few moments ago that this document was

14     sent out to the Main Staff sector for intelligence and security and the

15     Drina Corps security organ and the Drina Corps forward command post.  How

16     can you tell by looking at the top of this document who's sending the

17     document and who's receiving the document?  How can you tell that from

18     looking at one of these VRS documents?

19        A.   We see on the left top corner this is the name of the unit which

20     was from where the document was sent.  And then we have listed the names

21     of the units which should receive the particular document.

22        Q.   Okay.  So --

23        A.   And --

24        Q.   Go ahead.

25        A.   And looking at this document, on the bottom of this document is

Page 1462

 1     handwriting here, "predato" [phoen], which means "sent," according to my

 2     knowledge of B/C/S, of course.

 3        Q.   Okay.  So when we look at this document and we see at the top,

 4     and you've told us that "KOMANDA 1. PLP BR" means "command of the

 5     1st Podrinje Light Infantry Brigade," otherwise known as the Rogatica

 6     Brigade, is that the sender or the recipient of the document?

 7        A.   This is a sender.

 8        Q.   Okay.  So that's the unit from which the document is being sent,

 9     and underneath it we have the names of the recipients; is that correct?

10        A.   It's correct.

11        Q.   Just two more examples.

12             MR. THAYER:  4069, please, and 4069B side by side.  That will be

13     4069A and 4069B, please.

14        Q.   Okay.  We've got two documents bearing strictly confidential

15     number 18-250-1/1.  And we can see a date of 28 July 1995.  Again, this

16     is the command of the 1st Podrinje Light Infantry Brigade.

17             What can you tell us about these two documents, sir?

18        A.   These two documents coming from the same collection, from Drina

19     Corps collection.  The document on the right side of my screen with

20     ERN number 04258567, it was -- it is document which was sent -- prepared

21     by sender, in fact.  It was sent to Main Staff, to IKM Drina Corps, and

22     security organs of Drina Corps.  And we see also on this document that

23     this document was sent at 1530 hours, and we have initials of Ziza on the

24     top right corner, under the number 1885.  This is -- they are initials of

25     or nickname of one of the communications officer from the

Page 1463

 1     Rogatica Brigade.

 2             And looking at the document with ERN number 04365051 we see,

 3     looking at the handwritings on the bottom of these documents, we see that

 4     these document was received on 28th July 1995, at 1715.  And I cannot

 5     recognise the signature or initials of the man who signed it.

 6        Q.   Okay.  Let's just focus for a minute on the document on the right

 7     ending with ERN 04258567, just to get us used to some of the B/C/S

 8     abbreviations that we're going to be seeing a lot of in the future.  On

 9     the recipient lines on this document we see the letters "GSS VRS SEKTOR

10     ZA OBP."

11             What does that tell us about who that recipient is?

12        A.   This is Main Staff of Army of Republika Srpska, sector for

13     security and intelligence, or intelligence of security.

14        Q.   Okay.  And when we have -- in that -- if I'm not mistaken, the

15     "GSS" stands for "Glavni Stab"; is that correct?

16        A.   That's correct.  This is B/C/S word or Serbian word of

17     Main Staff.

18        Q.   Okay.  So when we see two S's like that, next to each other,

19     that's for the "sh" in Stab?

20        A.   Yeah, probably.

21        Q.   Now, the next recipient is the "IKM DRINSKOS KORPUSA."

22        A.   This "IKM," this is "forward command post," abbreviation of the

23     "forward command post" but, of course, in Serbian language.

24             MR. THAYER:  Let's look at two more documents, 65 ter 179 and

25     4072B, as in Bravo, please.

Page 1464

 1        Q.   Okay.  We have two documents bearing strictly confidential number

 2     12/45-975, dated 29 of July, 1995.  What can you tell us about who is

 3     sending this document, just based on the heading?  And I don't want to

 4     ask you about the substance of the document, but where is this being sent

 5     from?

 6        A.   The sender of this document is Main Staff of the Army of

 7     Republika Srpska, Glavni Stab VRS, and sector for intelligence.  And

 8     looking at the serial number, this is sector for intelligence.

 9        Q.   Okay.  And we see -- on the first line of the recipient we see

10     the abbreviations "IKM DK," again.  What's that?

11        A.   It's forward command post of the Drina Corps on the hands of

12     General Krstic.

13        Q.   Okay.  The -- we see the letters N/L.  Do you know what that

14     stands for?

15        A.   I think it's for General Krstic.

16        Q.   Okay.  That's "na licnost"; is that correct?

17        A.   "Na licnost," yes.

18        Q.   Okay.  Is that also -- does that mean personally to be delivered,

19     is that what you mean?

20        A.   Yeah, yeah.  It means this way, personally to be delivered to

21     General Krstic.

22        Q.   Okay.  Now, what can you tell us about the source of these

23     documents?

24        A.   Both of these documents are coming from Drina Corps collection,

25     and I see on the list of the recipients also the command of the

Page 1465

 1     1st Podrinje Light Infantry Brigade, called Rogatica Brigade, and I

 2     talking about document with ERN number 04258566 --

 3             MR. THAYER:  Okay, can we just scroll up just a touch on that

 4     document so we can catch the very top of that document.  Okay.  Thank

 5     you.

 6             THE WITNESS:  Yes, on the top of the right corner of this

 7     document, I see that this document was received at 2.45, on the

 8     30th of July, 1995, it's in B/C/S, in Cyrillic, and I also recognise the

 9     signature of communications officer from Rogatica Brigade,

10     Danko Gojkovic.  He testified in the previous trial and he's our witness.

11     And he recognised his signature.

12        Q.   Okay.  And have you personally met Mr. Gojkovic, sir?

13        A.   Yes.  I met him, but I think it was 2006 when we interviewed him,

14     and then when he came to testify to The Hague.

15        Q.   Okay.

16        A.   And maybe one or two more occasions, but roughly.

17        Q.   Okay.

18             MR. THAYER:  Let's look at 65 ter 185, please.

19        Q.   Now, on this document if we can -- well, what can you tell us

20     about this document, sir?

21        A.   This is also document from Drina Corps collection.  These

22     documents, in fact, were sent from Rogatica Brigade, as far as I know.  I

23     know it from communication officer from the -- from Rogatica Brigade,

24     from Danko Gojkovic, whose signature is seen here also at this document,

25     at the bottom of this document on the left side, in the left corner.  And

Page 1466

 1     is saying here that this document was sent at 1510 hours.  I don't think

 2     entire handwriting's here.

 3        Q.   Okay.  And looking at the top of the document where it says:

 4     "IKM 65. ZMTP."

 5             "Borike," and we see the number "1400," what does that tell you

 6     based on your investigation and reading this document?

 7        A.   It is abbreviation of forward command post of

 8     65th Protection Regiment.  It was located in Borike, the village about

 9     14, 15 kilometres, about 20 kilometres from Rogatica.

10        Q.   Okay.  So when you said a moment ago that this was sent from the

11     Rogatica Brigade, where do you mean from when you say "Rogatica Brigade"?

12        A.   I mean from communication room of Rogatica Brigade.  But

13     referring to the testimony and to the statement of Danko Gojkovic, he

14     told us that he doesn't remember exactly how he received this document.

15     It could be through the courier or through the telephone.  It was typed

16     later on and he just transferred this document to the listed recipients

17     from this document.  But he sent it from Rogatica Brigade itself, but

18     document was created, according to the title, at the

19     65th Protection Regiment forward command post in Borike.

20        Q.   Okay.  And as I said, Mr. Gojkovic has been listed as a proposed

21     witness in this case, Witness number 134, and I think actually he's been

22     recently proposed to change from a 92 bis witness to a 92 ter witness.

23     So that pleasure is yet to come for the Chamber, just to give a little

24     background to that.

25             Can we see who the recipients are for this document?

Page 1467

 1        A.   They are commander of the Main Staff of Republika Srpska, for his

 2     information; assistant commander for the morale, religious, and legal

 3     affairs for the Main Staff of Republika Srpska; and commander of the

 4     military police battalion of the 65th Motorised Brigade -- Protection

 5     Regiment.

 6        Q.   Okay.  And just -- can we just put some names to those three

 7     titles?

 8        A.   The commander of the Main Staff of the Republika Srpska is

 9     General Mladic; the assistant commander for the morale, religious, and

10     legal affairs of the Main Staff of Republika Srpska is General Gvero; I'm

11     not sure about the commander of the military police battalion of the

12     65th Protection Regiment.

13        Q.   Okay.  We'll be hearing about that person at some point anyway.

14     It's okay.

15             Now, this document that we're looking at right now, when was the

16     first time you saw this document?

17        A.   I remember this document very clear.  First time I saw this

18     document in Zagreb, when I made the initial assessment of the collection

19     which arrived to Zagreb from Banja Luka.  This document was one of the

20     documents from the small binder.  We called it "Atlantida," the binder,

21     because on the cover page of this binder it was the word of "Atlantida,"

22     and I remember this document from this binder.

23        Q.   Okay.

24             MR. THAYER:  With Madam Usher's assistance, I just ask that this

25     bundle of documents be handed to the witness, and I'll ask him a couple

Page 1468

 1     of final questions about it.

 2             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Yes, please.  But could you indicate which kind

 3     of documents these are.

 4             MR. THAYER:  Yes.

 5             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  If you would do that.

 6             MR. THAYER:  Yes, Mr. President.

 7        Q.   Sir, would you kindly remove the first item and --

 8             MR. THAYER:  Madam Usher, we'll need your further assistance with

 9     the ELMO, please.  Thanks.

10        Q.   Just remove that first item from the folder and, if you would,

11     place it on the ELMO.  Perfect.  Okay.

12             What is this?

13        A.   This is the cover page of the binder I referred just a few

14     seconds before.

15        Q.   Okay.  And when you say "binder," what kind of thing are we

16     talking about?

17        A.   I'm talking about few documents clipped together, and this is the

18     cover page of this --

19        Q.   Okay --

20        A.   -- this set of the documents.

21        Q.   And we can see two holes in this document, so is it fair to say

22     this was a two-hole-punch, bound binder of documents; is that what it

23     was?

24        A.   Yes, it's correct.  Now this is different shape because I see

25     that the binder was divided for each document has separate folder.

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 1        Q.   Okay.  So what can you tell us -- well, you've already told us

 2     this is from the Drina Corps collection and it's got an ERN of 04258544,

 3     for the record.

 4             I'll just ask you to replace that cardboard cover back in the

 5     folder, please.

 6             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir.

 7             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Can the whole page be displayed.  I

 8     would like to know whether there is anything hidden in the top part of

 9     the cover page.  Can we see the whole page, not just one part of it.  The

10     top part is missing from the display.  Can you scroll the document down,

11     please.

12             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you.

13             Please carry on.

14             MR. THAYER:  Okay.

15        Q.   If you would replace that, please, sir.

16             MR. THAYER:  And just for the record, we just saw the word

17     "telegram" on the top of that document.  What does that mean based on

18     your investigation?  What is a telegram and what can that refer to?

19        A.   The dispatch is telegram.

20        Q.   Okay.  Now, I'd ask you to go to the end of that group of

21     folders, and I think there should be ERN ending in 8580 there.  Is that

22     correct?  And if you would, put that on the ELMO, please.

23             And what is this, sir?

24        A.   This is a document we saw just a while before.  This is a

25     document sent by Danko Gojkovic, created at the IKM of 65th Protection

Page 1470

 1     Regiment in Borike, and sent from Rogatica Brigade.

 2        Q.   Okay.  And when you first saw this document, in what condition

 3     was it or how was it -- how was it packaged or otherwise held together?

 4        A.   As I told, this document and other documents from this pile were

 5     clipped together, they created -- they were kind of the binder.  And the

 6     first page we saw just two minutes ago, it was the first page, the cover

 7     page of this binder.

 8        Q.   And is it fair to say this was the last page of the binder?

 9        A.   Yes.

10        Q.   Okay.  Sir, thank you for taking us through that exercise, and I

11     have no further questions at this time.

12             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you very much, Mr. Thayer.

13             Mr. Tolimir, do you have cross-examination of this witness?

14             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you, Mr. President.  I have a

15     few questions.  If you will allow me, I will like to cross-examine this

16     witness, yes.  Thank you.

17             I would like to greet everybody in the courtroom once again, and

18     I would like to welcome the witness as well.

19                           Cross-examination by Mr. Tolimir:

20        Q.   [Interpretation] Mr. Blaszczyk, you stated that, as a member of

21     the international police force, you were deployed in the former Krajina

22     or the "so-called Krajina in Croatia," that's what you said.

23             My question is this:  Where were you engaged, in what sector?

24     Thank you.

25        A.   The first part of my deployment to Croatia at that time, I was

Page 1471

 1     located in Sector North, so-called Sector North.  Exactly I was in

 2     Petrinja, in the village or town called Petrinja, and it was few

 3     months -- the first few months of 1992.  And then, temporarily, I was

 4     deployed to Sarajevo airport for two, three weeks.  It was August 1992.

 5     And when I returned from Sarajevo, I stayed in Sector North for the next

 6     month or two maybe.  And then from Sector North, from Petrinja, I was

 7     deployed to Sector West.  It is Daruvar.

 8        Q.   [Microphone not activated]

 9             THE INTERPRETER:  Microphone for Mr. Tolimir.

10             MR. TOLIMIR: [Interpretation]

11        Q.   Thank you.  Were you saying that you were in the territory of the

12     Republic of Serbian Krajina all the time?  Is that what you're saying?

13        A.   Yes.  I was deployed -- most of the time I was deployed of the

14     territory of the former Serbian Krajina.

15        Q.   Thank you.  Mr. Blaszczyk, which unit did you belong to?  Could

16     you please briefly describe your tasks in the Republic of Serbian

17     Krajina?  Thank you.

18        A.   In 1992 and 1993, we were members of international police.  It

19     was monitoring mission, mission of United Nations, so-called part of

20     UNPROFOR mission.  And our task was monitor situation on our sectors and

21     monitor the activity of the local police, but in fact, our access to the

22     local police was very limited.  In fact, we acted rather like

23     humanitarian aid for the population in this area.

24        Q.   Thank you, sir.  Mr. Blaszczyk, what kind of duty did you have

25     there?  Were you an observer or were you the supervisor of some observer

Page 1472

 1     units?  Thank you.

 2        A.   My duty was monitoring duty.  I was a monitor.  I wasn't

 3     supervisor.  I wasn't the station commander of our police, international

 4     police; I was ordinary monitor.

 5        Q.   You thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Tell me why you said in your

 6     statements that you performed several duties in what you call the

 7     so-called or former Republic of Serbian Krajina, or, for short, Krajina.

 8     So why do you say Krajina in Croatia rather than Serbian Krajina?  You

 9     even say the so-called Krajina.

10        A.   I said that because I was deployed at that time a tour for this

11     period, I was deployed to Sector North and Sector West, and shortly in

12     Sarajevo.  It means that condition of -- in each sector was little bit

13     different, and my duty -- our duty or our presence over there was a

14     little bit different then, for example, in Sector North than in

15     Sector North [sic].

16        Q.   Thank you.  I asked you this because in the agreement about the

17     engagement of UNPROFOR in Croatia, the term "the so-called Krajina in

18     Croatia" can nowhere be found, nor is it called "Krajina in Croatia."

19     It -- either its proper name is used or the name that the UNPROFOR

20     called, namely, sector whatever -- whichever it was.  So please refer to

21     it by any of these names that were in use while you were performing your

22     duty there.

23             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  What is your question, Mr. Tolimir?

24             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] I asked Mr. Blaszczyk why he was

25     using terms to call the Republic of Serbian Krajina which were not in

Page 1473

 1     official use while he was carrying out the duties of an UNPROFOR member

 2     in the Republic of Serbian Krajina.  Thank you.

 3             THE WITNESS:  I used the common name, the former Serbian Krajina

 4     or so-called Krajina because it doesn't exist anymore.  This is Croatia

 5     now.

 6             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Judge Nyambe has a question for the witness.

 7             JUDGE NYAMBE:  Yes, on page 58 of your testimony, line 2 into 3,

 8     you say "... in Sector North than in Sector North."  I think you mean

 9     something different, no?

10             THE WITNESS:  Yes, yes, Your Honour.  You are correct.  No, I

11     meant Sector North and Sector West.

12             JUDGE NYAMBE:  Okay.  Thanks.

13             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Carry on, please, Mr. Tolimir.

14             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you.

15             MR. TOLIMIR: [Interpretation]

16        Q.   Mr. Blaszczyk, tell us whether you officially received

17     instructions from the United Nations not to do anything that could be

18     interpreted as a recognition of the Republic of Serbian Krajina and not

19     to use the name of that republic in your utterances.

20        A.   I don't remember such -- I don't remember such instruction.

21        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell us, were you engaged on

22     several occasions in Bosnia-Herzegovina; and if so, please describe the

23     nature of your activity there.

24        A.   As I said, in 1992, I was deployed for two or three weeks to

25     Sarajevo airport, and at that time we -- we were engaged to monitor the

Page 1474

 1     movement of the flights which were coming to Sarajevo with humanitarian

 2     aid and also movement of the passengers.  And in 1996, I was deployed

 3     again -- not again, but I was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina as the

 4     member of IPTF, International Police Task Force, created also by

 5     UN mission, but UN mission for Bosnia-Herzegovina.  But it wasn't part of

 6     UNPROFOR at that time, it was after Dayton Agreement in February 1996.

 7             And as I said during my first day of my testimony, I've been

 8     deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina three times:  The first time in 1996, then

 9     1998, and 2001.  Each time I stayed at least one year in the area of

10     Bosnia-Herzegovina.  In 1996, I was deployed to Sarajevo and Vogosca; and

11     then shortly to Herzegovina, to Mostar and Trebinje, but very shortly;

12     and then to Bihac area, it was 1996.  1998 and 2000/2001, entire time I

13     spent at Sarajevo -- in Sarajevo, in our headquarters, headquarters of

14     IPTF mission.

15        Q.   Thank you.  You have already answered my other questions.  Do I

16     remember well that you said you started working for the OTP in

17     January 2003, and where did you work before that?  Did you work on

18     military documentation, that is, did you investigate into military

19     documents?

20        A.   You mean before I joined OTP?

21        Q.   Yes, exactly.  I mean the period preceding January 2003.  Thank

22     you.

23        A.   No.  Before that period I never -- before January 2003 I never

24     worked with military documents.

25        Q.   Before January 2003, did you have anything to do with police

Page 1475

 1     documentation?

 2        A.   You mean international police documentation or the local police

 3     documentation?

 4        Q.   I mean, did you work on archiving, registering, or any other

 5     activity that had to do with archives and documents, be it with the

 6     police or the military?  Thank you.

 7        A.   No, I was never involved in such activities.

 8        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell us, what does training and

 9     monitoring the local police mean?  That's an activity that you performed

10     in Bosnia.

11        A.   Training, it means typical training for the police officers.  You

12     know, according to the western Europe standards, let's say.  And

13     monitoring, it means that monitoring their activities, reacting on their

14     reaction, how they did react for certain situation, events.  And looking

15     at their activities, we -- yeah, the IPTF prepares kind of training

16     programme for the local police officers, but in fact, I never was

17     involved in the training programme for the local police officers.  I was

18     involved in the job with IPTF HQ in Sarajevo.  Mostly I was dealing with

19     new monitors, new IPTF monitors, who were coming to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

20        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Before you got a job with the OTP,

21     while you were monitoring the police force in Bosnia, did you -- did you

22     have contact with any of their documentation for whatever reason?

23        A.   It was 1996, when I was deployed to Mostar region, to Trebinje

24     and then to Bihac region.  I was deployed to the police station, the IPTF

25     police station in these regions.  And at that time we have contact with

Page 1476

 1     documentation from the particular police station from these regions.  For

 2     example, the RS log-book we checked every day or every few days -- every

 3     day, I don't remember right now, who had been arrested by the local

 4     police or for what reason, et cetera, for example.  And we were checking

 5     also the log-books of duty officers at the police stations, at the local

 6     police stations, checking what is the entries of the log-books.  The

 7     only -- this is my only involvement with documentation from the local

 8     police officers.

 9        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Tell me, did you ever analyse military

10     documents?  Thank you.

11        A.   Since I joined the OTP and the ICTY here, we are in constant

12     contact with military documents, and obvious that we are analysing these

13     documents, also me, in some extent.

14        Q.   Thank you.  Does that mean that you make assessments and analyses

15     after having read those documents?  Thank you.

16        A.   Yes, I have my own assessment and analysis of such documents, but

17     also we are using the help of our professional analysts to getting more

18     information about particular documents.

19        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell us and describe the

20     position in the OTP team for Srebrenica which you currently occupy.

21     Thank you.

22        A.   I am the investigator for this team.  I am investigator for OTP.

23        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Tell us, please, as an investigator of

24     the ICTY, what exactly are your duties?  Thank you.

25        A.   My duty is to take the active part in our investigation regarding

Page 1477

 1     this subject, and I am interviewing the witnesses, victims, suspects, I

 2     am doing the suspects interview, I am collecting the evidence.

 3        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Before I pass on to my following

 4     question, please tell me:  Do you have any legal experience in your work

 5     or do you have any legal training?  Thank you.

 6        A.   I graduated the police academy and I spent many years at our

 7     police, and I had a contact with legal aspects of my work.

 8        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell us whether your supervisor

 9     at the OTP is Mr. Peter McCloskey?

10        A.   Mr. Peter McCloskey, he is a senior trial attorney for this

11     particular case, and generally, he is responsible for this case in -- it

12     means that somehow I am subordinated to him in relation to this case.

13     But my direct supervisor is deputy chief of investigation right now.

14     Previously it was chief of investigation.  I think now his title is

15     deputy chief of trial support.

16        Q.   Thank you.  Do you mean the chief investigator of the ICTY,

17     Mr. Serge Brammertz or the chief investigator in this case?  Thank you.

18        A.   Mr. Se rge Brammertz is Prosecution -- the main Prosecutor for

19     ICTY, but I meant the person who performed the duty as -- as deputy -- I

20     think his title right now is deputy chief of trial support.  His name is

21     Bob Reid.  And my direct supervisor is team leader of Team B, as

22     investigation section was sometime ago divided for teams, A, B, C, D.  I

23     was a member of Team B and the head -- the chief of this Team B was

24     Peter Mitford-Burgess, is still.

25        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Can you, as an investigator of the

Page 1478

 1     OTP, publish the results of your investigations without the agreement of

 2     your supervisors in the OTP?  Thank you.

 3        A.   No.  This is not possible.  I should get -- this is possible of

 4     course, but I should get the permission from my supervisors.

 5        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell us, are you duty-bound to

 6     safe-guard the results of your activity or your investigations as an

 7     official secret?  Thank you.

 8        A.   Yes, as every investigation.

 9        Q.   Thank you.  This being the case, please tell us, can you make

10     public appearances without the written permission of someone in the OTP;

11     and if not, who is the one you need to apply for permission to?  Thank

12     you.

13        A.   I don't know exactly the procedure.  I never was interested to

14     ask for such permission, but I believe this is management of the OTP, of

15     entire Tribunal.

16        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell me, is it your duty, as a

17     member of the investigation team of the OTP, to protect -- to protect the

18     interests of the OTP and harmonise your public appearances with the

19     official positions of the OTP?  And when I say "official positions," I

20     mean the positions that the Prosecution puts forward in this trial.

21     Thank you.

22             I have been informed that the last part of my question has not

23     been interpreted, so let me explain.

24             When I say "official positions," I mean that you defend the

25     allegations made by the Prosecution in the indictment as put forward in

Page 1479

 1     the -- in this trial?  Thank you.

 2        A.   It's quite -- I would say that all of us, investigators and

 3     lawyers, we are obligated to disclose entire 68 rule evidence.  And our

 4     rule as investigators, and I believe lawyers as well, is just to find the

 5     truth, exactly to find the real facts, what happened in this period we

 6     are investigating.  It doesn't matter whether it -- sometimes it follows

 7     the first idea or theory of the Prosecution, but the most important is

 8     for us to find the facts and the truth, what had happened.  Our position

 9     as OTP or, I believe, lawyers in our team can be changed if we find

10     evidence telling or just telling a little bit different -- telling a bit

11     differently than, let's say, the first idea, the first theory, OTP

12     theory.

13        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Speaking about what you have just

14     explained, tell me, are you duty-bound as an investigator of the OTP to

15     look for alleviating evidence in this case?

16        A.   Yes, I am.

17        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell me which criterion do you

18     apply to establish whether the evidence is alleviating.  I'm referring to

19     Rule 68 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.  Thank you.

20        A.   I'm looking at the evidence I received or I managed to get,

21     whether this evidence showing us a mitigation facts or exculpatory facts

22     for that use.  And in such occasion, if I manage to locate such evidence,

23     we discuss, rather, this evidence with our lawyers and the evidence were

24     put for disclosure log for the accused, for the Defence.

25        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  If that is so, please tell us, can

Page 1480

 1     you, without a special permission of the OTP, testify as a Defence

 2     witness?  Thank you.

 3        A.   I don't know in fact, but I believe it's possible also.

 4        Q.   Thank you.  Please tell me then, do you work full time as an OTP

 5     investigator on the team for Srebrenica or do you do some other work as

 6     well?

 7        A.   I would say that I work full time for Srebrenica investigation,

 8     not necessarily for this case but mostly -- yeah.  I investigate -- I am

 9     investigating or I am involved in investigation regarding the fall of

10     Srebrenica in July 1995.

11        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Do you now spend as many hours doing

12     the job as it was when you started, or can you give us a rough figure how

13     many hours per month do you perform this work?

14        A.   I can say that we are spending much more hours than before, when

15     I joined the OTP.  It's difficult to say.  I would say that this is

16     unlimited working hours, almost.  Sometimes we are starting our job at --

17     usually we should -- we are obligated to start our job at the office at

18     9.00 and it's very often we are sitting at the office long hours, having

19     a lot of things to do, and also I spent many hours on the missions in the

20     Balkans or other region.

21             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir, I think it's time for the second

22     break, and you should think about the course of questions you are putting

23     to the witness, if it's really helpful for your Defence and your case to

24     know exactly the kind of work and the time this witness is spending with

25     his work in the OTP.

Page 1481

 1             You should use the break, the time of the break, to think about

 2     that.  We adjourn and resume at 1.00.

 3                           --- Recess taken at 12.34 p.m.

 4                           --- On resuming at 1.03 p.m.

 5             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir, please continue with your

 6     cross-examination, but do -- sorry, there was a mistake with the

 7     microphone.

 8             Could you indicate if you will be able to finish during this

 9     session today.

10             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] I don't know if I'll be able to

11     because it depends on the witness as well, and I have a lot of questions.

12     And I intend to use all the time that was allotted to me.

13             I asked the gentleman about the number of hours that he spends

14     investigating, and nobody will allow me an investigator.  I would like to

15     recall the principle of equality of arms.  I have no investigator and you

16     know how many the OTP have.

17             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir, this is a different topic.  Now we

18     are in cross-examination.  Please carry on.

19             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you, Mr. President.

20             MR. TOLIMIR: [Interpretation]

21        Q.   Mr. Blaszczyk, before we move on to the second set of questions,

22     tell us whether the OTP ever searched for ABiH documents in relation to

23     the investigation about Srebrenica and Zepa.

24        A.   I know that such search has been done definitely, and I believe

25     we got some quite useful documents from this search for our

Page 1482

 1     investigation.  But I don't remember when it was done and where exactly,

 2     from the top of my head, but definitely it has been done.

 3        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell us, is there a collection

 4     of documents of the ABiH for those units that had anything to do with

 5     Srebrenica on your investigation team?

 6        A.   Sorry, you mean collection of the documents in our investigation

 7     team?  We don't have such collections.  We are using the collections

 8     seized by OTP or received from other sources, and everybody has access to

 9     these collections.  And there are also documents from BiH army and BiH

10     authorities.

11        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell me whether those documents

12     and materials are accessible to the Defence team if we should apply for

13     them?  Thank you.

14        A.   I believe yes.  I don't see any reason why not, unless they are

15     restricted documents, but it should be done in legal way.

16        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  You stated that the documentation of

17     the Drina Corps comprises about 35.000 pages.  Did you establish that

18     personally or was it done by your fellow team members?

19        A.   I said there are total about 315.000 pages, and it is easy to

20     establish looking at their ERN range of the pages stamped by our evidence

21     unit.  But it was visible since the first I see -- I saw this collection

22     in Zagreb, that this is big amount of the documents.  But checking the

23     exact number, it's necessary to look at the ERN range of these documents,

24     Drina Corps collection documents.

25        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  I made a mistake and said 35.000.  It

Page 1483

 1     should be 315.000.

 2             Did you personally take part in the analysis of that

 3     documentation, such as its registering, listing, and processing?  Thank

 4     you.

 5        A.   Each investigator whichever is taking part analysing the

 6     documents, it doesn't matter it is Drina Corps collection or other

 7     collection, having these document or using these documents by us, we have

 8     to analyse such documents.  But regarding these documents from

 9     Drina Corps collection, we have some kind of the spreadsheet.  One of our

10     analysts created a spreadsheet and she is analysing each document from

11     this collection.  It takes long time to analyse each document from this

12     collection, taking into the account how many pages there are.  But so far

13     as I remember, in our spreadsheet we have about 20.000 documents selected

14     and put in the spreadsheet, you know, just particularly selected from the

15     Drina Corps collections.  I'm not talking about the pages, I'm talking

16     about documents, 20- or 22.000 documents.

17        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell us, while you were

18     preparing for this testimony did you review a number of documents, as we

19     have been informed by Mr. Nelson, and my question is:  Who selected the

20     documents that you reviewed?  Thank you.

21        A.   Answering to the first part of your question, yes, I reviewed the

22     documents which had been shown in this courtroom.  And second part of the

23     question, who selected the documents?  There was a lawyer who conducted

24     examination, of course, and -- yes.  But to be clear, I seen these

25     documents much before, before my preparation even for the Popovic case.

Page 1484

 1     When I testified in the Popovic case I seen these documents, most of them

 2     at least.

 3        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell us, what was the criterion

 4     for the selection of the documents that you reviewed before giving

 5     evidence here, or could you perhaps say more precisely why these

 6     documents were selected from the overall collection of 315.000.

 7        A.   We try -- I believe we managed to prove that these documents are

 8     authenticated.  This is the criterion how we selected these documents

 9     from this collection.  And yes, in this way.  And showing the

10     Trial Chamber also the way how the documents were handed over to us, the

11     chain of custody of these documents, and also showing a little bit how

12     the documents were distributed between the Drina Corps units and other

13     units.

14        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell me, were there also

15     documents in that collection that are not reliable?

16        A.   Personally I don't remember any such document, seeing such -- any

17     such document.

18        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Please tell me, all the copies of dual

19     documents that have been shown here, do they all fully match

20     content-wise?

21        A.   I don't remember.  I don't understand your question.  Could you

22     rephrase it, please.  What do you mean by "fully match content-wise"?

23        Q.   You have been examined about the circumstances connected to dual

24     documents.  There were differences in terms of numbering, et cetera, but

25     are there any differences between these dual documents when it comes to

Page 1485

 1     their contents?

 2        A.   It's difficult to say from the top of my head, but if I would

 3     have such documents in front of me, I would analyse the contents of the

 4     documents, of course I will notice the differences.

 5        Q.   Thank you.  For example, the first such document was P2775 -- 4

 6     and P1982.  They were shown to you at the same time.  Did you analyse

 7     their form as well as the content, i.e., did you find any differences in

 8     the content just as you did in their form?

 9        A.   Can I look at these documents, please?

10             THE INTERPRETER:  Could the General please repeat the numbers.

11             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Could the witness please be shown

12     P2174 and P1982.  These are the numbers, if I remember correctly, if I

13     made -- 04312743 is the ERN number of the original, and the copy, 0917878

14     [as interpreted].  Thank you.  Could these two documents please be shown

15     to the witness.

16             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Thayer.

17             MR. THAYER:  Just to assist, Mr. President, I think we just need

18     the -- I think what the General is asking for is the B/C/S original side

19     by side, like we did before, rather than having the translation of the

20     one.

21             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you.

22             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] There was a document issued by the

23     Drina Corps on the 17th of July, 1995, and the original is number

24     0091785 -- actually, the copy is that number.  And the original is

25     0425798.  I still am not sure about the number because the document was

Page 1486

 1     not shown on the screen in its entirety.  Can we please be shown the

 2     contents of that document.  Thank you.

 3             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  I think we have some confusion now.  I really

 4     don't know to which document you are referring.  During

 5     examination-in-chief the Prosecution used other numbers, and therefore

 6     that was quite simple.  I don't know how to manage this problem now.

 7             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you.

 8             Mr. Nelson knows which two documents he showed in parallel on

 9     e-court.  Maybe he can assist.  I could not make a note of the second

10     number because I couldn't see the complete number on the screen.  Thank

11     you.

12             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you.

13             MR. THAYER:  Okay.  Maybe I can clarify the record just a bit,

14     Mr. President.  There is a reference that the General gave to 0425798.  I

15     think that's what's throwing us off.  I think we can just disregard that

16     number.  What we are looking at now, I believe is what the General wants

17     to look at.  And on the left, we have 65 ter 2174, which bears

18     ERN 04312743; and on the right, we have 65 ter 1982, which bears the

19     ERN 00917878.

20             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  If the last number is really an 8 and not a 9.

21             MR. THAYER:  Yes, Your Honour.  The last number of the first page

22     of the document is an 8; and the second page, the last number is a 9.

23             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir, are these the documents you were

24     asking for?

25             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you.  I will make sure that

Page 1487

 1     my Defence team shows the document because I have just provided them with

 2     my notes kept in my own handwriting while the witness was being examined

 3     on chief.  I will proceed and I'll move on to another topic.

 4             Thank you.

 5             MR. TOLIMIR: [Interpretation]

 6        Q.   Mr. Blaszczyk, the Drina Corps collection, did it also contain

 7     documents which did not belong to the Drina Corps?  Could you please tell

 8     us whether you observed any such documents.  Thank you.

 9        A.   I remember such documents, but -- and not only documents, but

10     also the few artefacts which were part of the Drina Corps collection.

11     But I think there were documents of the Muslim army forces seized in

12     Srebrenica after the Srebrenica was fallen or liberated by VRS.  I

13     remember these documents from this collection and also these few

14     artefacts.

15        Q.   Thank you.  Thank you.  Can you please now answer the following

16     question:  How come that the Drina Corps collection contained just one

17     document of another unit and you still call the collection the

18     Drina Corps collection?  Thank you.

19        A.   If we are referring to these Muslim documents, I believe the

20     documents was seized after the Srebrenica fallen, when Srebrenica was

21     captured by the Serb army.  If we are -- you are referring to these

22     documents.

23        Q.   Thank you.  I'm not referring to that, I'm referring to the

24     original documents which originated from the Main Staff or from another

25     unit; in other words, they were the ones considered incoming documents,

Page 1488

 1     not outgoing documents.

 2        A.   I don't know whether I understood your question clearly, but to

 3     my knowledge and my experience, I believe that it's possible that few

 4     Main Staff documents could be located in this collection because the

 5     Main Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska were sending these documents

 6     to Drina Corps collection.  And then from Drina Corps collection --

 7     sorry, to Drina Corps command.  And of course, from Drina Corps command,

 8     the documents were sent to subordinated unit of Drina Corps.  And this is

 9     possible, of course.

10        Q.   Thank you.  So it is possible for incoming documents, but how

11     about outgoing documents sent from the main corps, the sabotage unit, and

12     other such units which were not part of the Drina Corps?  And I'm talking

13     about a number of single documents from such units.  How is that

14     possible?

15        A.   I would prefer to see these documents which -- I would like to

16     see what I am referring to, but I think -- yes.  If it -- if this is

17     possible, of course.

18             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Thayer.

19             MR. THAYER:  Mr. President, I think I know what General Tolimir

20     has in mind, but there's a -- the question refers to the main corps and

21     the sabotage unit, and if we can just identify what we're talking about

22     because I'm -- there's -- as far as I know, there's no such thing as the

23     main corps.  So if we could just have some specificity, I think that will

24     help the record and the witness.

25             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you.

Page 1489

 1             Mr. Tolimir, could you deal with it?

 2             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Of course, Mr. President.  04258580

 3     is the ERN number of the document that was previously shown in the

 4     courtroom.

 5                           [Defence counsel confer]

 6             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir, your microphone is still switched

 7     on.

 8             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you.

 9             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Thayer.

10             MR. THAYER:  If the General would like that to be shown, it is

11     65 ter 185.

12             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you very much.

13             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you.  That's correct.

14             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Can you now please switch off your microphone,

15     Mr. Tolimir.

16             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you.

17             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  I think the -- we have now again the English

18     translation.  That was not what Mr. Tolimir had in mind.  He would like,

19     like in -- during examination-in-chief, to have the different type of the

20     same document with different ERN numbers on the screen.

21             Is that correct, Mr. Tolimir?

22             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] On the left-hand side we can see

23     the document that I asked for, and we don't see its copy, the one that

24     Mr. Nelson showed.  It is actually on the right-hand side.  I'm going to

25     use the left-hand side document, and you can avail yourself of the

Page 1490

 1     translation, of course.  Thank you.

 2             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Mr. Tolimir, to clarify, not Mr. Nelson is in the

 3     courtroom, but Mr. Thayer.

 4             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you.  Thank you,

 5     Mr. President.  I apologise to Mr. Thayer.

 6             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  If you now have a question for this witness,

 7     please ask him.

 8             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you.

 9             MR. TOLIMIR: [Interpretation]

10        Q.   Witness, does this document originate from another unit?  Is this

11     the way units produce the documents, without any heading, without any

12     military post?  This looks like something that an elementary school

13     student has written.  Thank you.

14        A.   Yes, this ...

15                           [Trial Chamber and Legal Officer confer]

16             THE WITNESS:  Regarding this document, these documents was

17     originated from IKM, the forward command post of 65th Protection Regiment

18     in IKM in Borike, at 1400 hours.  And indeed, this is not usual format of

19     dispatches, but during the interview, communication officer from

20     Rogatica Brigade, Danko Gojkovic, whose signature we have on the bottom

21     of this document, confirm that he received this document.  He doesn't

22     remember whether this document was typed -- was dictated to him on the

23     phone, as far as I remember, or sent by courier, could be from Borike

24     IKM.  Yes.  But he -- for sure he recognised his signature and

25     handwritings.

Page 1491

 1             MR. TOLIMIR: [Interpretation]

 2        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Was the signatory of this document a

 3     Prosecution witness?  Did you speak to him?  Did he tell you anything

 4     about this document?  Thank you.

 5        A.   Yes, I talked to this witness.  I interviewed this witness and

 6     also this witness testified in the previous trial, but I think he doesn't

 7     remember the contents of that document but he recognised his handwriting

 8     and signature here.  And he is sure that this document had been sent by

 9     him.

10        Q.   This document does not bear a signature, and it is also not a

11     handwritten document.  Thank you.

12        A.   It's correct.  It has no signature and this is not handwritten

13     document, but not possible -- when we interview Mr. Danko Gojkovic, the

14     communication officer from Rogatica Brigade, it is not possible that he

15     could be sent any kind of private correspondence or whatever, you know,

16     through the official communication channels.  It should be given order to

17     him to send this particular document.  As I said, he doesn't remember

18     exactly, but this document could be received by him for sending through

19     telephone line or through the courier.

20        Q.   Thank you.  I understand that you're talking about Gojkovic, but

21     what did the author of this document say?  In the Popovic case, there was

22     a witness who claimed that he was the author of this document, so what

23     did he have to say?

24        A.   I don't remember from the top of my head, but you are referring,

25     I guess, to Colonel Milomir Savcic, who testified in the previous trial.

Page 1492

 1     It's correct?

 2        Q.   Yes, you're right.  I did not want to mention his name.  It's not

 3     up to me to mention the names of the Prosecution witnesses.  You spoke to

 4     him, or rather, to all the Prosecution witnesses, and you're the ones who

 5     should tell us what they told you during the proofing sessions before the

 6     trial.  Thank you.

 7        A.   I -- in fact, I don't remember whether I took the part in the

 8     proofing session of this particular witness, but I would prefer to see on

 9     an information report or proofing notes on this proofing session, if I

10     can to refer to something.

11             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Yes, Mr. Thayer.

12             MR. THAYER:  Just so everybody knows, General Savcic is listed as

13     a proposed witness for the Prosecution, he's witness number 128.  So like

14     Mr. Gojkovic, the communications officer we're talking about, we expect

15     that testimony to be before the Trial Chamber from the horse's mouth, as

16     it were.

17             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you very much.

18             I think this is very helpful for your examination, to take that

19     into account.  Carry on, please.

20             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Thank you, Mr. President.

21             And thank you, Mr. Thayer.

22        Q.   I would now like to ask, Mr. Blaszczyk, is it logical that a

23     telegram was sent to the following addresses:  To the commander of the

24     Main Staff; CC, the assistant commander of the Main Staff for morale and

25     religious affairs; to the commander of the military police battalion,

Page 1493

 1     order.  And then at the end of the document, an opinion and position is

 2     sought from a completely different person.  Thank you.

 3        A.   I think this is logical.  This is logical that this dispatch was

 4     sent to the information for the commander of the Main Staff of

 5     Republika Srpska and to the assistant commander for the morale,

 6     religious, and legal affairs, Army of Republika Srpska, and order to the

 7     commander of military police battalion on the 65th Protection Regiment.

 8     Colonel Savcic, at that time, he was the commander of entire

 9     65th Protection Regiment.  It's obvious that the commander of the

10     battalion of each regiment was subordinated to him, and as far as we

11     know - also from the testimony of Colonel Savcic - the person who Colonel

12     Savcic is referring to in his -- this document, I mean General Tolimir,

13     was together with him at Borike at that time.

14        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Could you please read paragraph 4.  He

15     doesn't mention General Tolimir here, that's number one; and number two,

16     why did he send this document to General Gvero in light of the fact that,

17     in the chain of command, General Gvero was not his superior?  Thank you.

18        A.   Sorry, would you like me to read it loudly, the fourth paragraph?

19             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  I think Mr. Tolimir asked you why you mentioned

20     the name of General Tolimir in respect to paragraph 4 of this document.

21             THE WITNESS:  You see that there is referring -- Colonel Savcic

22     is referring to the assistant commander for security and intelligence

23     affairs of the Main Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska, but this

24     position was held at that time by General Tolimir.

25             MR. TOLIMIR: [Interpretation]

Page 1494

 1        Q.   Thank you.  I said that he didn't mention me under 4.  How come

 2     that Savcic did not send this to his superior, but rather, sent it to

 3     General Gvero, who was not in a command position in that chain of

 4     command?  He was not a commander of any unit in that chain of command.

 5     How do you account for that?

 6        A.   From many documents we see that General Gvero was involved in the

 7     events following the fall of Srebrenica, and we see that he was in the

 8     chain of the command of the Srebrenica operation.  And why he's referring

 9     exactly why he considered him as one of the recipients of these

10     documents -- of these documents, I think you, General, and Trial Chamber

11     will have opportunity to ask Colonel Milomir Savcic.

12        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  Did you see another document from the

13     protection regiment addressed to General Gvero or to somebody else?  Have

14     you seen any other such documents?

15        A.   I don't remember from the top of my head just -- but possible

16     that I saw that.  I don't remember.

17        Q.   Thank you.  You said that some lawyers saw the Drina Corps

18     collection.  Did they also see this document and did they use it to

19     defend their clients in other cases?

20        A.   I don't know.

21        Q.   Thank you.  Before testifying in the Krstic case or in the case

22     of any other generals, did you single out this and any such documents

23     following the instructions of your team leaders?

24        A.   I didn't testify for the Krstic case.  I testified in Popovic

25     case only.

Page 1495

 1        Q.   Thank you.  Was this document used in the Popovic case?  Thank

 2     you.

 3        A.   I believe this document was used in Popovic case -- at least when

 4     Colonel Milomir Savcic testified.

 5        Q.   Was it used by the Prosecution or was it used by any of the

 6     Defence teams?  Thank you.

 7        A.   By Prosecution for sure, but I believe it could be used also by

 8     Defence team.  But we should go back to the transcript from Popovic trial

 9     to see who referred to these documents, but definitely was used by

10     Prosecution.

11        Q.   Thank you, Mr. Blaszczyk.  We will look at that and we will deal

12     with that when Savcic comes.  Is it logical that only one document sent

13     from the protection regiment should appear in the collection of what you

14     call the Drina Corps collection?  Thank you.

15        A.   As I told already, this is not complete collection of Drina

16     Corps, and this is not collection of the Main Staff of the Army of

17     Republika Srpska.  We know and everybody knows that 65th Protection

18     Regiment, this is unit of the Main Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska.

19     And this is reason why we don't have more or at least I don't remember

20     whether we have much -- many more documents from this unit.  It could be

21     still somewhere in the archive of the Main Staff.  Unfortunately, we

22     didn't manage to find the entire archive for the Main Staff of the Army

23     of Republika Srpska.

24        Q.   Thank you.  I asked you something else.  [Microphone not

25     activated]

Page 1496

 1             THE INTERPRETER:  Microphone for the accused.

 2             MR. TOLIMIR: [Interpretation]

 3        Q.   Thank you.  I asked you this.  Is it logical that in the archives

 4     that you found in Gornji Milanovac you should find only one document

 5     originating from the regiment -- protection regiment which is very

 6     suitable for the Srebrenica trials, and I repeat, only one and not any

 7     others?  Thank you.

 8        A.   Definitely this document was seized together with Drina Corps

 9     collection, and this is document, in fact, sent by the unit of the

10     Drina Corps, by Rogatica communication officer.  This is not surprise for

11     me that the communication officer or -- or Rogatica Brigade had these

12     documents of 65th Protection Regiment.

13             We should remember that 65th Protection Regiment was operating at

14     that time in Borike.  This is area of responsibility of Rogatica Brigade

15     and entire Drina Corps.  And in fact, I should look at log of our

16     Drina Corps documents to see whether we have more 65th Protection

17     documents -- I mean, issued by the 65th Protection Regiment or not, but I

18     don't remember now from the top of my head.  But I remember very well

19     this document because it was very significant document for me when I saw

20     it first time in Zagreb in December 2004.

21             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  I think we are running out of time.  We are at

22     the end of today's sitting.

23             Mr. Tolimir, is it possible for you to indicate - I will not put

24     any pressure on you - but to indicate how much additional time you would

25     need for finishing your cross-examination?

Page 1497

 1             THE ACCUSED: [Interpretation] Most probably a minimum of two

 2     hours.  Thank you.

 3             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  Thank you.

 4             And as the Prosecution had the opportunity to examine this

 5     witness for three hours, that was three times of the indicated one hour,

 6     it is the right, of course, of the accused to examine this witness.

 7             We are now in the position that we can't continue this week, we

 8     can't continue your examination next week because there's another witness

 9     scheduled which is -- was travelling, I think, from a far, distant,

10     location.  So that we shall find out the proper situation for you to come

11     back to the hearing to continue the cross-examination.

12             Thank you for your attendance here.  We will just remind you that

13     you should not contact either parties during -- about this -- the content

14     of this case, but as you are a member of the OTP, you may, of course,

15     contact your colleagues.

16             We have one problem with the documents we have seen on the

17     screen.  You didn't tender them when they were on the screen, and

18     although the Chamber -- you know the position of the Chamber, would

19     appreciate that they were tendered when they were put to witnesses.

20     Therefore, in this case I would prefer that you send a memo with the

21     exact numbers, and then the Registry will give them exhibit numbers so

22     that we have it as soon as possible on the record.  In that way, we could

23     really avoid some confusion which occurred now during the

24     cross-examination.

25             MR. THAYER:  I apologise for that, Mr. President.  We have

Page 1498

 1     already distributed the list of documents to tender, so I think everybody

 2     has that and we'll deal with that when we meet again for the final

 3     tendering process.

 4             JUDGE FLUEGGE:  In this case, just very clear, if we would have

 5     the document, the Prosecution number, the exhibit number already on the

 6     record, it would be easier during cross-examination to use these

 7     documents.  Please bear in mind that procedure in future cases.

 8             We have to adjourn now.  We will resume next week, Monday, and

 9     then three Judges will be present again.  Thank you very much.

10                           --- Whereupon the hearing adjourned at 1.50 p.m.,

11                           to be reconvened on Monday, the 3rd day of

12                           May, 2010, at 2.15 p.m.

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